Awards

• Winner of British Sports Book Awards: Horse Racing Book of the Year 2015
• Winner of British Sports Book Awards: Horse Racing Book of the Year 2015.

Overview

For over 30 years Alastair Down has written about horseracing with an unrivalled cocktail of wit, insight, passion and descriptive power - a combination which has brought him legions of enthusiastic readers, both within and beyond the racing world. Cheltenham et Al offers a generous collection of his very best columns, providing the Down angle on the great horses, jockeys and trainers; the famous races which remain indelibly in the sport's collective memory; the controversies; the laughs - in short, the highs and the lows of racing. By turns moving, uplifting and laugh-out-loud funny, this book provides ample proof of one racing certainty: that no one catches the spirit of racing as Alastair Down does. Shortlisted for Horse Racing Book of the Year in the 2015 British Sports Book Awards.

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9781910498033

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Alastair's passion for racing oozes from every page. A delightful read that reinforces what a wonderful sport this is. John Inverdale; His essays on Arkle, Desert Orchid and Red Rum make these legends jump out of the pages. It's great stuff. Claude Duval, The Sun; An excellent racing read by the sport's leading wordsmith. Sir Mark Prescott

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Alastair Down is a leading commentator on National Hunt racing and has a regular column in the Racing Post.

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