×


 x 

Shopping cart
24%OFFIan Balding - Making the Running - 9780755312795 - V9780755312795
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Making the Running

€ 14.99
€ 11.45
You save € 3.54!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Making the Running Paperback. The great trainer recounts his fascinating upbringing and career among the best horsemen and women of the world Num Pages: 288 pages, 16pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.

The image of the Derby winner with his leg in plaster was broadcast around the world. Alongside Mill Reef stood a baby-faced man who had won the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and now the Derby. He trained for the Queen and Queen Mother; and Lester Piggott, Willie Carson and Frankie Dettori all rode for him, but where had he come from and how had he got there?

Ian Balding's story is one of heartbreaking loss and outrageous good luck. He left Cambridge without a degree but with a rugby blue, and became one of the outstanding ... Read more

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755312795
SKU
V9780755312795
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Ian Balding
Ian Balding was an internationally respected trainer, but in his retirement now serves on many BHB and NTF committees and also writes regularly for Country Illustrated and Horse & Hound. Ian married Emma Hastings-Bass in 1969 and they have two children: Clare, a successful journalist and BBC broadcaster, and Andrew, Ian's successor at Kingsclere.

Reviews for Making the Running
gripping reading... a real must for all racing fans
Sun

Goodreads reviews for Making the Running


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!