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The Ultimate Dream
Since its humble inception way back in 1924, the Cheltenham Gold Cup has grown in status and popularity and is now widely regarded as the world's greatest steeplechase. Climbing the famous Cheltenham hill to victory has been compared to reaching the peak of Everest or - in the words of Jonjo O'Neill, who rode 1986 winner Dawn Run - 'trying to get to Heaven'.
Festival Gold
This is the definitive history of the Cheltenham Festival, covering the last forty years. Featuring the Gold Cup, the Queen Mother Championship Chase, the Championship Hurdle and other important races from each year, this is a great read for anyone with an interest in the sport of kings. Superbly illustrated with 100 photographs (80 colour) from the amazing collection of Bernard Parkin, one of the most respected photographers in the racing world, this is a beautiful and evocative book. All the results from each festival are included, as well as comprehensive backgrounds to the chief participants, the conditions and the characters associated with the event - from the legendary Arkle and Best Mate to Tom Dreaper and the Queen Mother. A lavish and comprehensive history of this major sporting event, it is an essential purchase for any racing fan.
Golden Days
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75 Years of the Gold Cup
Since its inception in 1924, the Gold Cup has grown in status to the point where it is widely regarded as the world's greatest steeplechase. The aim of this book is to encapsulate both memories from the race's history and views of the 1999 challengers.
The Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival is nowadays the biggest event in the racing year – in visitor numbers eclipsing Royal Ascot, the Grand National or the Derby. In 2011 it is a hundred years since the 1911 running of the National Hunt Chase marked the birth of the Festival, providing the perfect occasion for Robin Oakley's new history. This is a work of both history and celebration – telling the story of how three days of jump racing beneath Cleeve Hill in Cheltenham became a vast sporting event attracting an average of 50,000 spectators per day. Before the War it saw legendary horses like Golden Miller; after the War the Irish invasion began – both horses and spectators; in the Si...
When Bobby Met Christy
The heatwarming and unlikely story of Irish jockey Bobby Beasley.
Arkle
In 1964, Arkle's first-place finish in the Cheltenham Gold Cup was the first big win by Ireland's most celebrated racehorse: the horse by which all others are measured. Fifty years on from the start of his incredible career - which included wins in the Cheltenham Gold Cup (three times), Irish Grand National, Hennessy Gold Cup, King George VI Chase and Punchestown Gold Cup - Anne Holland looks at Arkle's life and legend through the eyes of those who knew him best . She describes Arkle's career, his incredible wins, and the people involved with him , interviewing many of his connections, including Jim Dreaper, Paddy Woods, Tom Taaffe, sculptor Emma McDermott, the Baker family and others . Arkle was a star - the story goes that he received items of fan mail addressed to 'Himself, Ireland' - and th is is a well-researched and intimate portrait of a legendary horse. Shortlisted for Horse Racing Book of the Year 2014, British Sports Book Awards
Festival Fever
It is said the land level of Ireland rises a few feet every March because so many people have left for the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham. English-Irish rivalry at this pinnacle of jump racing has always been keen but it has risen to new levels in the 21st Century, with many Irish winners across all the races, including the Gold Cup, Queen Mother Chase, Champion Hurdle and Stayers Hurdle. But Festival Fever, The Irish At Cheltenham is about more than the winners, it is the whole atmosphere, the mix of ex-pat and visiting Irish among the thronging crowds, the craic; what goes on behind the scenes; many surprising stories are told. It is also about the fascinating history – racing was banned at Cheltenham for a period during the 19th century; and the 1980s saw a dearth of Irish runners which led to enterprising attempts by the racecourse to woo them back.
