Step back to the birth of modern horse racing with an authentic 18th‑century Racing Calendar.
This volume chronicles the Plates, matches, and sweepstakes run across Great Britain and Ireland, including abstracts, weights, and lists of horses from the era. It offers a window into the sport’s structures, venues, and daily life for fans, owners, and bettors of the time.
- Discover how race days, prizes, and official certificates were organized
- See year-by-year entries, race locations, and the horses that defined the sport
- Explore subscriber lists, adverts, and the era’s publishing practices
- Get a tangible sense of the culture surrounding racing in the 1790s
Ideal for readers of antiquarian sports books, racing historians, and collectors of historical periodicals seeking a ground‑level view of early modern racing.