Tapestry of Turf

Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf
Tapestry of Turf

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Title: Tapestry of Turf
Author(s): COSTELLO, John
FINNEGAN, Pat
ISBN: 1869470311
Category: New Zealand - Sport
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Large Hardcover
Published: 1988
Published By: Moa
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 559
Size (mm): 220 w x 265 h x 45 d
Weight (kg): 3kg

Condition

As new condition. Light handling wear/spine fade on the dust jacket, some marks on outside of pages, otherwise still as new, name inside front end page. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

1st edition

The grand sweep of New Zealand’s racing history, from the arrival of the first thoroughbred in 1840 to the mighty deeds of Bonecrusher, is captured in TAPESTRY OF TURF.

TAPESTRY OF TURF is the story of racehorses, great and good, of the professional jockeys and trainers who made their imprint on history, of the racing clubs up and down the country who provided New Zealand with more racecourses per capita than any other country in the world; of the owners who sustained the sport through boom times and depression; of the administrators who shaped the course New Zealand racing has taken.

All the great gallopers are there, from Lurline and Carbine in the 19th Century to Desert Gold and Gloaming; Phar Lap to Kindergarten; from Mainbrace and Rising Fast to Balmerino and Show Gate, and through to McGinty and Bonecrusher in the 1980s.

All the great sires, from Traducer and Musket to Martian, Absurd and Beau Pere; from Foxbridge through Le Filou and Summertime to Sir Tristram.

All the great horsemen, from Dick Mason and Dan O’Brien to Hector Gray, Grenville Hughes and Norm Holland, to the Skelton brothers, David Peake and his successors of the 1980s, Jim Cassidy, David Walsh and Lance O’Sullivan.

The story of how New Zealand racing took its unique twentieth century form is unravelled – how the amateur sport evolved into a billion-dollar industry.

Well illustrated throughout with b&w images.

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