A Day at the Races: The Horses, People and Races That Shaped the Sport of Kings

by Peter May

From King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II, via the introduction of the Classics, a duel at Ascot, the first steeplechase, a Derby Day fraud, a huge Cambridgeshire gamble, the desolation of Fred Archer, a thousand-mile walk around Newmarket Heath, the greatness of Ormonde and Sceptre, Man o' War's record-breaking runs, National Velvet and Emily Davison, to the brilliance of Lester Piggott, Tony McCoy and Frankel, Peter May has selected over one hundred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913159353
• ISBN13: 9781913159351
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Merlin Unwin Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"