Beckhampton: The Men and Horses of a Great Racing Stable

Paul Mathieu

ISBN 10: 1910498297 / ISBN 13: 9781910498293

Published by Racing Post Books, 2015

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beckhampton: The Men and Horses of a Great Racing Stable
• Publisher: Racing Post Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910498297
• ISBN 13: 9781910498293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 640 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Beckhampton celebrates the kaleidoscope of men, money and horses linked to one of Britain's oldest and greatest racing stables: Beckhampton, on the Wiltshire downs. The story reveals how an isolated coaching inn morphed into a top training yard, home to some 40 Classic winners. The cast of characters roam from the magistrate who sat in judgement on his own prosecution for disorderly behaviour, to the undergraduate who arrived at university with a string of horses and 2,000 bottles of port; from the jockey who was commandeered by Lord Palmerston to ride to a Channel port to collect a peace treaty, to the champion wrestler who became a gin baron and the owner of Classic-winning racehorses. Add Royalty and household names like Sir Gordon Richards, the 26-times champion jockey, and you have a brilliantly-researched book to delight anyone with an interest in the Sport of Kings.

About the Author

Paul Mathieu has visited every racecourse in Britain and was one of the early-morning team who supplied the commentary for 'Wogan's Winner' on Radio Two. His other racing book's are The Masters of Manton and The Druid's Lodge Confederacy.