Sixty Years of Jump Racing

From Arkle to McCoy

Robin Oakley, Edward Gillespie, OBE, DL

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English

Bloomsbury Sport
01 May 2017

Horse racing

Robin Oakley brings alive the colourful world of those who ride and train jumping horses.

With elegant production and gripping images, Sixty Years of Jump Racing chronicles the social and economic changes which have brought the sport’s ups and downs—like the development of sponsorships and syndicate ownership, the

near loss of the Grand National, the growing domination of

the

Cheltenham Festival

and the growth of all-weather racing to meet the bookies’ demands for betting shop fodder.

Pace and colour is provided by stories of the horses who have been taken to the heart of racing crowds, like the Irish-trained hurdler Istabraq and Best Mate, the three-times winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup for England.

Famous rivalries and

memorable races are re-lived and key victories revisited in portraits of and interviews with the owners, jockeys and trainers who have dominated the sport.

The emphasis will be largely on the past fifty years—from Arkle to Tony McCoy—but a significant introduction by Edward Gillespie encapsulates the past history of what was previously

known as ‘National Hunt Racing’ and sets the stories in context.

By: Robin Oakley
Foreword by: Edward Gillespie OBE DL
Imprint: Bloomsbury Sport
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.108kg
ISBN: 9781472935090
ISBN 10: 1472935098
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Racing’s acronyms and abbreviations Foreword by Edward Gillespie The Cheltenham Gold Cup The Champion Hurdle The Grand National The Champion Trainers Women in Racing The Jockey’s Life The Champion Jockeys Ireland Finding the Horses The Royals and Racing Running Racing Paying for Racing Betting on Racing Epilogue Bibliography Index

After being an assistant editor of the Sunday Express and the Daily Mail, Robin Oakley was Political Editor of The Times (1986-1992) and of the BBC (1992-2000). He then became European Political Editor of the international broadcaster CNN from 2000-2009 and remains a CNN contributor. He has written the Turf column in The Spectator since 1995. Edward Gillespie was for 32 years managing director at Cheltenham Racecourse, responsible for the hugely popular Cheltenham Festival each spring, the Olympics of jump racing. He is a member of the Jockey Club and chair of the Pony Racing Authority as well as being on the board of a series of non-racing festivals in Cheltenham. He also works with Jonjo O’Neill, the former jockey who is main trainer for JP McManus, the biggest owner in jump racing.

Reviews for Sixty Years of Jump Racing: From Arkle to McCoy

A very fine book indeed... a love letter to a sport the two authors adore... Readers of this will be grateful to Oakley and Gillespie. A good job has been done Racing Post A labour of love written with Edward Gillespie... it charts National Hunt racing from the mid-1960s when the incomparable steeplechaser Arkle's reign ended to the retirement of the 20-times champion jockey Sir AP McCoy in 2015. At its heart is a series of insightful interviews with leading trainers that illustrate the sport's evolution Yorkshire Post For the true racing fan Sixty Years of Jump Racing will revive a host of memories XtraTime A colourful anecdote-packed history of steeplechasing and hurdling. This is a thoroughly enjoyable romp through the sport that maintains the strong gallop right through the 280-odd pages Blackpool Gazette This beautifully produced book encapsulates a majestic history Cotswold Life A great coffee table read Three Counties Race Club Magazine This book lays out the history in a way that has not been achieved before... A must for all horse racing fans Firetrench