Kings of the Saddle
Ireland's Greatest Jockeys
Published on 6. February 2014
256 pages
978-1-78131-212-4 (ISBN)
Description
The recent retirement of Mick Kinane, doyen of flat racing jockeys whose swansong was his 2009 Classic victories on the great Sea the Stars, reminded us once again how many of the greatest jockeys in racing, over jumps as well as on the flat, hail from Ireland.
Brian O' Connor is the experienced racing correspondent of the Irish Times, and his survey of the twelve finest jockeys currently riding in Ireland (six on the flat, six National Hunt) was acclaimed in hardback by both the racing press and the Irish media.
He interviewed most of the featured jockeys specially for the book, and provides a truly intimate insight into what has made them great race riders, and what inspires their continuing hunger to succeed at the very top.
The book is updated for paperback to cover the most recent racing season.
The full list of jockeys covered is:
On the Flat: Michael Kinane, John Murtagh, Jamie Spencer, Kieren Fallon, Pat Smullen and
Kevin Manning.
Over Jumps: Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty, Tony McCoy, Paul Carberry, Timmy Murphy and Nina Carberry.
Brian O' Connor is the experienced racing correspondent of the Irish Times, and his survey of the twelve finest jockeys currently riding in Ireland (six on the flat, six National Hunt) was acclaimed in hardback by both the racing press and the Irish media.
He interviewed most of the featured jockeys specially for the book, and provides a truly intimate insight into what has made them great race riders, and what inspires their continuing hunger to succeed at the very top.
The book is updated for paperback to cover the most recent racing season.
The full list of jockeys covered is:
On the Flat: Michael Kinane, John Murtagh, Jamie Spencer, Kieren Fallon, Pat Smullen and
Kevin Manning.
Over Jumps: Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty, Tony McCoy, Paul Carberry, Timmy Murphy and Nina Carberry.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-78131-212-4 (9781781312124)
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Person
Brian O'Connor is Racing Correspondent of the Irish Times. He is author of three books: Add A Zero, Kings of the Saddle: Ireland's Greatest Jockeys and Ireland's Greatest Racehorses. He lives in Dublin.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Michael Kinane
- 2 Paul Carberry
- 3 Kevin Manning
- 4 Barry Geraghty
- 5 Kieren Fallon
- 6 Nina Carberry
- 7 Pat Smullen
- 8 Timmy Murphy
- 9 Jamie Spencer
- 10 Tony McCoy
- 11 Johnny Murtagh
- 12 Ruby Walsh
- Index
- Copyright
