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The Keeneland Association Library: A Guide to the Collection
ISBN: 9780813151564 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A research center for Thoroughbred racing, breeding, and related subjects, the Keeneland Association Library is located at Keeneland Race Course near Lexington, Kentucky. Amelia King Buckley, who became librarian in 1953, has compiled an alphabetical author listing of the titles in this unique collection as of June 1, 1958. Begun in 1939 with a gift of 2,000 volumes from William Arnold Hanger, the library has grown with the addition of other gifts and purchases, and now comprises one of the finest collections in its field. The published catalog includes more than 900 monograph... A research center for Thoroughbred racing, breeding, and related subjects, the Keeneland Association Library is located at Keeneland Race Course ne... |
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112,64 |
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Domestic Animals and Leisure
ISBN: 9781137415530 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume offers both an insight into the current state of research on domestic animals in leisure and a lens through which to begin to chart the future of research in this field. All of the contributions to the collection are underpinned by ongoing debates about human-animal relationships and the rights and welfare of the latter.
This volume offers both an insight into the current state of research on domestic animals in leisure and a lens through which to begin to chart the fu...
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201,24 |
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Posture and Performance: Principles of Training Horses from the Anatomical Perspective
ISBN: 9781910016008 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From an equine therapist and rider comes a training manual, based on the Horses Inside Out philosophy: 'Understanding Anatomy Improves Performance and Reduces the Risk of Injury'. Divided into three main parts: Principles of Anatomical Riding and Training; Exercises for Horse and Rider; Troubleshooting, the book contains a wealth of practical tips and exercises broken down into easy to follow, well-illustrated steps showing how riders can improve their riding skills and potential. The author suggests ways to improve horses' physique, posture, flexibility, stability, core strength, performance...
From an equine therapist and rider comes a training manual, based on the Horses Inside Out philosophy: 'Understanding Anatomy Improves Performance and...
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157,95 |
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In and Out of the Pig-Skin
ISBN: 9781473327450 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a novel written by George F. Underhill and was first published in 1893. A charming tale of an aspiring huntsman in nineteenth-century England, "In and Out of the Pig-Skin" will appeal to those with an interest in the history of the sport in England. Contents include: "I Determine to be a Sportsman," "I Buy my Hunters," "My First Day with Hounds," "I Rapidly Progress," "Laviana's Go-cart," "The Hunt Ball," "A Coffee-house Meet," "I go to Fleet Street," "The Brightemall Steeplechase," and "Wedding Bells." Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and...
This vintage book contains a novel written by George F. Underhill and was first published in 1893. A charming tale of an aspiring huntsman in nineteen...
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81,96 |
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Thoroughbred Cycles
ISBN: 9781626542860 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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107,68 |
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Thoroughbred Cycles
ISBN: 9781626542877 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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129,27 |
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Kentucky's Famous Racehorses
ISBN: 9781531643898 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,27 |
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Derby Innovator: The Making of Animal Kingdom
ISBN: 9781514476260 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,53 |
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Derby Innovator: The Making of Animal Kingdom
ISBN: 9781514476253 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Derby Innovator is the story of the making of Animal Kingdom by Barry Irwin, a self-taught, self-styled sportsman and entrepreneur who shook racing's Establishment to its very foundations by employing unconventional methods and practices to break all the rules in winning the Kentucky Derby, a race that has been called "the greatest two minutes in sports." Born into a family in Los Angeles that shunned horse racing, Irwin turned a childhood pipedream of winning a racehorse in a tobacco company's naming contest into a stable full of horses that have won some of the most historic and... Derby Innovator is the story of the making of Animal Kingdom by Barry Irwin, a self-taught, self-styled sportsman and entrepreneur who shook racing... |
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91,67 |
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Saratoga Race Course: The August Place to Be
ISBN: 9781540205254 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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134,83 |
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Women, Horseracing and Gender: Becoming 'One of the Lads'
ISBN: 9781409470687 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How do the class and gender inequalities found in horse-racing affect the working practices of women within the industry? Drawing on the work of Bourdieu and his concepts of field, capital and habitus, this book shows the inequalities that fracture the racing field, both historically and currently, by illustrating the classed and gendered nature of racing and how it has developed since the eighteenth century when it was the sport of the aristocracy. Using research obtained through her year-long ethnographic study of a racing yard, Deborah Butler demonstrates that the racing field is one of...
How do the class and gender inequalities found in horse-racing affect the working practices of women within the industry? Drawing on the work of Bourd...
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747,55 |
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Del Mar Racetrack
ISBN: 9781531617486 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Where the Turf Meets the Surf entered horseracing lore after the 22nd District Agriculture Association (DAA) established a 241-acre fairground at Del Mar that included a stadium and one-mile oval racetrack in the 1930s. The venue gave an enterprising trio the impetus to bring thoroughbred racing to the San Diego County coast. The Del Mar Turf Club was led by Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Pat O'Brien, and Bill Quigley. A DAA contract to hold a 55-day annual racing season was secured, and on opening day, July 3, 1937, the velvet-voiced "Der Bingle" greeted the first patrons at the gate. Racing...
Where the Turf Meets the Surf entered horseracing lore after the 22nd District Agriculture Association (DAA) established a 241-acre fairground at Del ...
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123,27 |
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Chicago's Horse Racing Venues
ISBN: 9781531639372 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy Citys enthusiasm for both harness and Thoroughbred racing led to 10 major racetracks being built in the Chicago area. Four of those raceways--Balmoral, Maywood, Hawthorne, and Arlington--are still racing and thriving today. From Washington Park, Lincoln Fields, and Worth Raceway on the citys South Side, to the Near West Side venues of Hawthorne Race Course and Sportsmans Park, to Arlington Parks northwest locale and Aurora Downs to the west, Chicagos racing community has...
The popularity of horse racing in Chicago has yet to be rivaled in any other metropolitan area. Since the 1800s, the Windy Citys enthusiasm for both h...
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123,27 |
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Tails from the Track: A Journey of Self Discovery on the Backstretch
ISBN: 9780995189003 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating perspective of the racing industry, one you're not likely to find anywhere else, a unique look at life from the backstretch of the racetrack in the 1970's. With characters such as Magpie and Capitan, Fourfoot and Duck, it's hard sometimes to separate the humans from the horses. The male-dominated backstretch of the seventies was riskyat the best of times. It was more than a little challenging for the young women who were just beginning to find work as grooms and exercise riders. Janice Gannon, 20 and fresh out of college, found her home there; a place where... A fascinating perspective of the racing industry, one you're not likely to find anywhere else, a unique look at life from the backstretch of the ra... |
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76,88 |
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Delaware Horse Racing
ISBN: 9781531665876 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,27 |
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Tails from the Track: A Journey of Self Discovery on the Backstretch
ISBN: 9780995189010 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating perspective of the racing industry, one you're not likely to find anywhere else, a unique look at life from the backstretch of the racetrack in the 1970's. With characters such as Magpie and Capitan, Fourfoot and Duck, it's hard sometimes to separate the humans from the horses. The male-dominated backstretch of the seventies was riskyat the best of times. It was more than a little challenging for the young women who were just beginning to find work as grooms and exercise riders. Janice Gannon, 20 and fresh out of college, found her home there; a place where... A fascinating perspective of the racing industry, one you're not likely to find anywhere else, a unique look at life from the backstretch of the ra... |
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134,68 |
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Co każdy koń wiedzieć powinien
ISBN: 9788375795509 / Angielski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Niezbędnik szkolenia konia!
Cherry Hill – znana wśród miłośników koni instruktorka i trenerka – wyjaśnia, jak pomóc koniowi przełamać jego naturalne obiekcje wobec ludzkiego dotyku, rozwinąć jego zdolności ruchowe i nauczyć go zaufania do jeźdźca lub opiekuna. Po opanowaniu zawartych w tej książce lekcji twój koń będzie godnym zaufania i szczerym wierzchowcem, który: • jest pełen szacunku i uwagi, • reaguje na bodźce, a jednocześnie jest opanowany, • odznacza się pewnością siebie i ciekawością świata, • cierpliwie znosi wszelkie zabiegi... Niezbędnik szkolenia konia!
Cherry Hill – znana wÅ›ród miÅ‚oÅ›ników koni instruktorka i trenerka – wyjaÅ›nia, jak pomóc koniowi przeÅ... |
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52,90 |
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American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
ISBN: 9780316268851 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
History was made at the Belmont Stakes in Summer 2015 when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown title, the first racehorse to achieve the momentous feat since Affirmed in 1978. Pharoah was the crowd favorite, as spectators had anxiously anticipated the American Thoroughbred's victory, already a proven winner at the year's earlier Kentucky Derby and Preakness races. By all appearances, American Pharoah has led a successful career, unmarred by any controversy as he was the undisputed champion-only twelve horses total in American history... NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
History was made at the Belmont Stakes in Summer 2015 when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown title,... |
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84,74 |
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Maryland Steeplechasing
ISBN: 9781531625429 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each spring, thousands of spectators clamber onto hillsides with picnics and binoculars to watch steeplechase racing, a fast-paced equine sport born out of the fundamentals of fox hunting. Since 1894, when the first Maryland Hunt Cup was run, the month of April has been synonymous with steeplechase racing. Starting with the Elkridge-Harford Hunt races and continuing with the National Steeplechase Association- sanctioned "Big Three" races--the My Lady's Manor, Grand National, and Maryland Hunt Cup--the countryside buzzes with horses and fans every Saturday throughout the month. Images of...
Each spring, thousands of spectators clamber onto hillsides with picnics and binoculars to watch steeplechase racing, a fast-paced equine sport born o...
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123,27 |
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Tennessee's Arabian Horse Racing Heritage
ISBN: 9781531626778 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historically Tennessee's horse breeding industry has received recognition for producing prized Thoroughbred racehorses, smooth-gaited Tennessee Walking horses, and sturdy work mules. Historical accounts, however, largely overlook the contributions of Tennessee horse breeders to the sport of Arabian horse racing. One hundred years have passed since anti-gambling legislation ended Tennessee's reign over the "sport of kings," Thoroughbred horse racing. However, the state has figured prominently in the development of Arabian horse racing. Leading up to the inaugural race event in 1959, and in...
Historically Tennessee's horse breeding industry has received recognition for producing prized Thoroughbred racehorses, smooth-gaited Tennessee Walkin...
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123,27 |
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