Sean Patrick Magee

Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways

The legendary BBCradio program Desert Island Discs celebrated 70 glorious years in 2012. Since the program's deviser Roy Plomley interviewed comedian Vic Oliver in January 1942, nearly 3,000 distinguished people from all walks of life have been stranded on the mythical island, accompanied onlyby eig...

Oaksey on Racing: Thirty Years of Writing and Riding

This is a collection of three decades of John Oaksey's horse-racing journalism as "Audax" in "Horse and Hound". His writing draws on a close knowledge of the sport and extensive experience as a leading amateur jockey in the post-war period. The pieces include descriptions of races from both the stan...

Arkle: The Life and Legacy of Himself

Arkle. Four decades after he raced, his name continues to reverberate in the folk memory of horseracing. Every true jumping fan still goes misty-eyed at the mention of the horse known simply as "Himself". In the Racing Post favourite racehorse poll in 2004, he won as emphatically as he had won so ma...

The Channel 4 Racing: Complete A-Z of Horse Racing (Channel Four racing guides)

This is a comprehensive A-Z guide to racing in Britain and abroad. It includes sections on all the major races and their history; the nature of each race, the sort of horses it takes to win and a list of previous winners; famous racing faces and turf personalities both past and present; the importan...

Sea the Stars: The Complete Story of the World's Greatest Racehorse

This is the full story of the horse which many racing pundits consider the best racehorse ever to run on the Flat - the horse who captured the hearts of racegoer's all over the world. His unflappable temperament, his apparently effortless abilities to find another gear when the chips were down, and ...

Lester's Derbys

Lester Piggott is the greatest Derby jockey of all time. His nine winners in the world's greatest race form one of the most glorious and unassailable records in all of sports. Extensively illustrated and packed with insight and anecdotes, this classic racing book tells the stories, in his own words,...

Ascot: The History

Ascot: The History, written with the full cooperation of the Ascot Authority and with access to the Royal Archives, Weatherbys, and the Jockey Club, is the official history of the world's most famous racecourse. For almost three centuries, the very word Ascot has been synonymous with royalty, elega...

The Channel Four Book of Racing

This illustrated handbook, introduced by Brough Scott, is a companion to the horse-racing coverage supplied by the very popular Channel Four racing team. The lure of horse racing has been felt for hundreds of years. Its cocktail of the beauty, speed and strength of the racehorse, the skills of train...

Racing and the Irish

That's Racing

The Race of My Life

Channel Four Racing Guide to Racehorses

Best Mate: The Remarkable Story of the Nation's Favourite Horse

The 1851 Dublin City Census: Chart's Index of Heads of Households

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