Stable Lass: Riding Out and Mucking In - Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard - Hardcover

Hogg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509847642 ISBN 13: 9781509847648

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

Stable Lass: Riding Out and Mucking In - Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard [Hardcover] Hogg, Gemma

About this title

About the Author

Gemma Hogg is assistant trainer at Micky Hammond Racing, which is based in Middleham in North Yorkshire. She has spent her entire career at Micky's yard, joining in 1998 as a stable lass and working her way up to her current position. As well as operating as Micky's right-hand woman when it comes to training horses, she mentors new staff and is passionate about re-homing retired racehorses. In 2016 Gemma was named Employee of the Year at the prestigious Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards, where she also triumphed in the Leadership category. Stable Lass is her insightful account of life in one of the country's top racing yards.

Review

Stable Lass is a must-read. * Horse & Hound * Full of heartwarming stories and some very characterful thoroughbreds * Horse & Rider * An exhilarating ride and a fascinating `muck and all' glimpse into the closed world of horse racing. * Lancashire Evening Post * A poignant, compelling, hilarious, emotional account of life as a Yorkshire stable lass. * Racing Post * A delightful romp. * Daily Mail * Vividly funny, shockingly frank, deeply passionate, movingly sensitive - and that's just about the horses! A bawdy, caring, and wickedly insightful stable yard rite of passage that no racing fan should miss. There's never been a book like this before. -- Brough Scott

Edition details

• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509847642
• ISBN 13: 9781509847648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320