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Product Description: Richard Dunwoody was the most successful steeplechase jockey of his time. He rode over 10,000 times, often partnering the top National Hunt horses such as Desert Orchid. In this wonderful book, Dunwoody remembers the great horses he has ridden and the high points of his remarkable career...read more

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9781844548941 | John Blake, May 1, 2010, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Richard Dunwoody was the most successful steeplechase jockey of his time.

Frankie Dettori is the face of British horseracing, celebrated for his unique charisma, success and exuberance he has revolutionized the sport's image and profile around the world. He has become one of Britain's best-loved and richest sporting characters. This title tells his story.

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9781844544141 | Blake Pub, June 16, 2007, cover price $33.95 | About this edition: Frankie Dettori is the face of British horseracing, celebrated for his unique charisma, success and exuberance he has revolutionized the sport's image and profile around the world.

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9780300083347 | Yale Univ Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $65.00

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9780803266414 | Bison Books, August 1, 2004, cover price $14.95

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Product Description: This is the biography of thriller-writer Dick Francis. Francis is known for setting his novels against the background of horseracing. This revised edition tells how he became one of Britain's leading National Hunt jockeys and a champion steeplechaser, riding as jockey to the Queen Mother...read more

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9781562870461 | Limited edition (Otto Penzler Books, September 1, 1993), cover price $75.00 | About this edition: The author recounts his career as a steeplechase jockey in Great Britain, and shares his opinions of the sport
9781562870485 | Reissue edition (Otto Penzler Books, September 1, 1993), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: The author recounts his career as a steeplechase jockey in Great Britain, and shares his opinions of the sport
9780060113292 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1969, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The author of more than thirty best-selling mystery and suspense novels describes the exciting story of his journey from champion steeplechase jockey to successful writer.

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9780330339025 | Reprint edition (Macmillan Pub Ltd, September 1, 1995), cover price $9.99 | also contains Paper Flowers: 35 Beautiful Step-by-Step Projects, Paper Flowers: 35 Beautiful Step-by-step Projects | About this edition: This is the biography of thriller-writer Dick Francis.
9780445403314 | Reissue edition (Popular Library, August 1, 1988), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: The author of more than thirty best-selling mystery and suspense novels describes the exciting story of his journey from champion steeplechase jockey to successful writer.

Product Description: Autobiographical but not primarily an autobiography, Tod Sloan, By Himself was published in England in 1915. Tod Sloan, a brash American jockey who pioneered a new style of riding tells a story which is an apology, an explanation, an effort at vindication, a final desperate appeal against his fate...read more

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9780916304782 | San Diego State Univ Pr, July 1, 1988, cover price $23.50 | About this edition: Autobiographical but not primarily an autobiography, Tod Sloan, By Himself was published in England in 1915.

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Chronicles the life and times of a sports legend, whose racing career spanned almost four decades of valor and victory, controversy, pain, disgrace, and vindication

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9780399131790, titled "A Jockey's Life: The Biography of Lester Piggott" | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1986, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the life and times of a sports legend, whose racing career spanned almost four decades of valor and victory, controversy, pain, disgrace, and vindication

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9780449213308 | Reissue edition (Fawcett Books, September 1, 1987), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Chronicles the life and times of a sports legend, whose racing career spanned almost four decades of valor and victory, controversy, pain, disgrace, and vindication

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