My UK book reviews

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Books about horses (and greyhound racing)

As the title of this blog suggests, I am primarily interested in racehorses, but I have reviewed other books about horses too and these can be found at the bottom of the page, along with a book about greyhound racing. Other books about dogs are not featured here, although I have reviewed some.

While most of these books are of British origin, a few are of American origin. If they are unavailable from Amazon.co.uk, try my equivalent USA reviews page.

My horse racing book reviews

Reviews posted
Dynasties (Ed Bowen)
Seabiscuit, an American legend (Laura Hillenbrand)
Ascot: the history (Sean Magee)
Steeplechasing: a celebration of 250 years (Anne Holland)
A long time gone (Chris Pitt)
The Grand National: an illustrated history of the greatest steeplechase in the world (Clive Graham and Bill Curling)
100 favourite racehorses (Nicholas Godfrey)
Horse-racing's strangest races (Andrew Ward)
The great racehorses (Julian Wilson)
World encyclopedia of horse racing (George Ennor)
Grey magic: enigma of the grey thoroughbred (Alan Yuill Walker)
Great racehorses of the world (Roger Mortimer and Peter Willett)
Story of Mill Reef (John Oaksey)
Ouija Board (Lord Derby)
The horses of my life (Richard Dunwoody)
Eclipse (Nicholas Clee)
The authorized biography of Vincent O'Brien (Jacqueline O'Brien and Ivor Herbert)
Mince Pie for starters: a racing life (John Oaksey)
Derby days: fifty years of the Epsom classic (Stewart Peters)
Racing lexicon (Leigh and Woodhouse)
The Byerley Turk: three centuries of the tail male racing lines (K M Haralambos)
History of the Derby Stakes (Roger Mortimer)
Monksfield (Jonathan Powell)
Horse racing (Dennis Craig and Miles Napier)
Sea the Stars (Anne Holland)
Kings queens and four-legged athletes (Martin Smith)
Gentlemen and blackguards (Nicholas Foulkes)
Racehorse (Elwyn Hartley Edwards)
Festival gold (Stewart Peters)
Bullet work (Steve O Brien)
The Aintree Grand National meeting (Andy Stansfield)
The story of your Life (James Lambie)
100 greatest races (Nicholas Godfrey)
Horse racing miscellany (John White)
50 magic moments of the turf (Graeme Roe)
Stud (Kevin Conley)
Her majesty's pleasure (Julian Muscat)
Britain and Ireland's top 100 racehorses (Robin Oakley)
Reviews not available yet
The grey horse: the true story of Desert Orchid (Richard Burridge)
Making the running (Ian Balding)
Horse of a different color (Jim Squires)
Best Mate: triple gold (Henrietta Knight)
Frankie: the autobiography of Frankie Dettori
Murder at the races (short stories by various authors)
My colourful life (Ginger McCain)
A fine place to daydream: racehorses, romance, and the Irish (Bill Barich)
Royal Ascot (Richard Onslow)
Secretariat (William Nack)

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My other horse book reviews

Reviews posted
Great Western horse power (Janet Russell)
Hunting: a portrait (Anne Holland)
Horse country: a celebration of country music and the love of horses (Lisa Wysocky)
Horses in living color (Barbara Livingston)
My animals and other family (Clare Balding)

My greyhound racing book review

Review posted
Tales of the dogs: a celebration of the Irish and their greyhounds (John Martin)