Channel 4 Racing:Complete A-Z of Horse Racing

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 important racing institutions; the principal racecourses; the famous racehorses; betting terms and calculations and the language of racing, as well as being packed ful of anecdotes and racing trivia.