From the Book - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
"The most esteemed race amongst the Arrabs both by Syre and Dam"
"The cross strains now in being are without end"
A day at the races: Outwood Racecourse, Wakefield, 4 September 1745
"He won as many hearts in Newmarket as he lost in Scotland"
"Eclipse first, the rest nowhere"
A day at the races: Epsom, 16 May 1793
Part III. Ringers and wrong 'uns
Nobblers, broken heads and the "artful dodger of the corps"
"I see a rum set in my day...But these beat all calculation"
A day at the races: Doncaster, 17 September 1845
"Mr Palmer passes me five times in five minutes"
Part IV. Age of the iron horse
A day at the races: Epsom, 20 May 1863
"She is my brood mare. the others are my hacks"
A day at the races: Alexandra Palace, 1 July 1868
"The lad rode as well as any could"
"My God, Berkeley, this is too hot!"
A day at the races: Ascot, 17 June 1897
"He is far ahead of the lot, even with all his faults"
"All their young men are killed"
A day at the races: Epsom, 6 June 1923
"I have no method. Method is imitation. I invent."
Part VII. Raising the stakes
"Chuck, what I tol' you?"
A day at the races: Churchill Downs, 2 May 1964
"Bang him on the nose early, Bobby. Make his eyes water."
"They'd run through a wall for you."
"I'd be surprised if there's ever been a better horse."
