Horse Racing Terms: An Illustrated Guide - Hardcover

Coates, Rosemary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910723746 ISBN 13: 9781910723746

Verlag: Merlin Unwin Books, 2018

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Each racing term has a witty illustration by Rosemary Coates. The facing page explains in simple terms exactly what those mysterious racing terms mean.No longer will you be out of the loop when the talk turns to:• Steeplechasers• Weighing Rooms• Nursery Stakes• Maiden Stakes • A Weaver• A colt, a filly, a brood mare, • A flying stallion• On the Nod• The Field• A Puller• Gone to Post• An Each-way Betand much, much more....

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Rosemary Coates studied at the Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing, Oxford University. Famous for her paintings of domestic animals, her maps of UK racecourses and hunting countries, she lives in Northamptonshire.

Her motto 'Have paintbrush, will travel' has taken her across the UK and Ireland

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Ringer or Dead RingerAn identical horse that has been switched for another (this is part of a betting scam). Once all-too commonplace, it is harder to do these days as horses now require passports to enter a race, which are held for the duration of the race meeting by the Clerk of the Course. In America racehorses all have a lip tattoo with an identification number to prevent the use of Ringers.

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• Verlag: Merlin Unwin Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1910723746
• ISBN 13: 9781910723746
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 140
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