KNIGHT OF THE TURF Sir Gordon Richards SETH-SMITH 1980
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- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : Not given
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- ID# : 25105424
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 700
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : Racingbookshop (+2130)
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- Start : Thu 11 Feb 2010 08:53:12 (EDT)
- Close : 3 days > 1st bid
- Remain : 3 days > 1st bid
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Seller's Description
KNIGHT OF THE TURF
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR GORDON RICHARDS
By Michael Seth-Smith
Hardback 192 pages. Published by Hodder and Stoughton 1980.
SIR GORDON RICHARDS is renowned as one of the most famous personalities ever to race the British turf. For more than three decades he dominated the jockey's championship, despite the brilliance of contemporaries who included ELLIOTT, BEARY, WESTON and WRAGG. As jockey retained by the all-powerful Beckhampton stable of FRED DARLING, he rode a host of great thoroughbreds of whom MYROBELLA, FAIR TRIAL, BIG GAME, SUN CHARIOT, TUDOR MINSTREL and ABERNANT were six of the most outstanding. In 1953, within a week of Her Majesty the Queen conferring a knighthood upon him in the Coronation Honours List for services to horse racing he achieved his life's ambition by winning the Derby on PINZA.
The book is in excellent condition with dust cover and black and white photographs.
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Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 25105424 |
| Start Time | Thu 11 Feb 2010 08:53:12 (EDT) |
| Close Time | 3 days > 1st bid |
| Starting Bid | £4.99 ($6.24) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 700 |
| Dispatch Time | Not given |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | Yes |
| Subject | Sports & Recreation |
