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Legends of the track: Australia's champion jockeys and trainers

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Legends of the track: Australia's champion jockeys and trainers

Contributors:

By (Author) Alan Whiticker

ISBN:

9780645207163

Publisher:

Rockpool Publishing

Imprint:

Gelding Street Press

Publication Date:

30th August 2023

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

History of sport

Dewey:

798.400994

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

256

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 234mm

Description

In Legends of the Track: Australia's champion jockeys and trainers, best-selling author Alan Whiticker tells the stories of 25 modern-era horse racing greats.
This book celebrates the careers of champions trainers such as Bart Cummings, Tommy Smith, Colin Hayes, Gai Waterhouse, Lee Freedman and Chris Waller, and features interviews with the best jockeys of the modern era Ron Quinton, Darren Beadman, Shane Dye, Hugh Bowman, Damien Oliver, Glen Boss and James McDonald.
With full career statistics for each chapter and dozens of rare photos, Legends of the Trackdetails the greatest achievements in a wonderful sporting era of Australian horse racing.

Author Bio

Alan Whiticker was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1958. Pursuing the dual careers of teacher and freelance writer, he emerged as an award-winning author of sport, history, biography and true crime. In 1997, he completed a Master's Degree in Education and lectured at the University of Western Sydney in 2008. He then worked as an author, commissioning editor and publisher. Now a fulltime writer, Alan lives in Penrith with wife Karen, with whom he has two adult children, Timothy and Melanie. A lifelong racing fan, Alan is also the author of Immortals of Australian Horse Racing: the Thoroughbreds, published by Gelding Street Press in 2021 and a long list of other sporting books.

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