Fifty Shades of Hay: The Extraordinary World of Racehorse Names

by David Ashforth

You might feel sure that a horse is not a Flamingo, a Polar Bear, a Tomato, a Teapot, a pair of Bootlaces, a Taxidermist, a Rat Catcher, or a Flea, but you'd be wrong. Racehorse owners often give their horses bizarre names that would seem to make success impossible. Luckily, thoroughbreds are able to defy such handicaps. A Spaniel has won the Derby (1831), a Crow the St Leger (1976), a Butterfly the Oaks (1860) and, difficult to imagine, Oscar Wilde...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910497711
• ISBN13: 9781910497715
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Racing Post Books
• Length: 256 Pages