Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing 3for2 - The Spectator

- The Spectator

his blistering hurdling debut turned many a head

winner of the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award

Dave Randall

I particularly delight in his analysis of a race or a horse where his views contradict with those of the collective: a winner that should be treated with caution next time out

Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing 3for2 - The SpectatorA sport based on one animal sitting on top of another and trying (usually) to be the first pair to reach a wooden stick is a curiosity in itself. So its no surprise that horseracing is full of curiosities. The curiosities in this collection have been chosen to arouse interest. They are stories of those curious creatures people, and of horses. The curiosities are arranged in themes so that readers can dip in and out, as the mood takes them. The