What makes a horseman or woman truly great? What is it that differentiates the "great" from the very "good"?. This book attempts to answer these questions and begins by establishing the basis of selection for the title "Great Horseman". The book looks at the flat, national hunt and the three FEI disciplines of dressage, show jumping and the three-day event. Each sport opens with a brief history of its development in which the most successful international riders from the past and present, are mentioned. Those riders whose outstanding success entitles them to be called "Great Horsemen of the World" are introduced and their careers examined, with a view not so much to recording their successes - details of which can be found elsewhere - as to establishing what influenced their development and what made them better riders than their contemporaries.
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Verlagsort
Newton Abbot
Großbritannien
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 187 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7153-9370-3 (9780715393703)
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Part 1 Flat racing: history; the great names - Fred Archer (GB) - Steve Donaghue (GB) - Sir Gordon Richards (GB) - Lester Piggott (GB) - William Shoemaker (USA) - Yves Saint-Martin (France) - Pat Eddery (Ireland) - Steve Cauthen (USA). Part 2 National hunt racing: history; the great names - Fred Winter CBE (GB) - John Francombe MBE (GB) - Jonjo O'Neill (Ireland) - Peter Scudamore (GB). Part 3 Dressage: history; the great names - Willi Schultbeis (Germany) - Reiner Klimke (Germany) - Christine Stuckelberger (Switzerland). Part 4 Show jumping: history; the great names - Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola (France) - Hans Gunter Winkler (Germany) - William Steinkraus (USA) - Piero d'Inzeo (Italy) - David Broome OBE (GB) - Alwim Schockemohle (Germany) - Paul Schockemohle (Germany) - Nelson Pessoa (Brazil) - Joe Fargis (USA) - Pierre Durand (France) - Nick Skelton (GB) - John Whitaker (GB) - Michael Whitaker (GB). Part 5 The three day event: history; the great names - Richard Meade OBE (GB) - Bruce Davidson (USA) - Mark Phillips CVO (GB) - Lucinda Green MBE (GB) - Mark Todd MBE (New Zealand) - Virginia Leng (GB) - Ian Stark MBE (GB).
