Mr Darley's Arabian : high life, low life, sporting life : a history of racing in twenty-five horses /
Mr Darley's Arabian : high life, low life, sporting life : a history of racing in twenty-five horses /
Christopher McGrath.
- 426 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The audacious and inspired history of horse racing told through the bloodline of twenty-five exceptional Arabian steeds. In 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in Yorkshire. But he turned out to be far more than that, and although Mr. Darley's Arabian never ran a race, 95% of all thoroughbreds in the world today are descended from him.
9781848549838
Horse racing
Sports
798.4 MCG
Includes bibliographical references and index
The audacious and inspired history of horse racing told through the bloodline of twenty-five exceptional Arabian steeds. In 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in Yorkshire. But he turned out to be far more than that, and although Mr. Darley's Arabian never ran a race, 95% of all thoroughbreds in the world today are descended from him.
9781848549838
Horse racing
Sports
798.4 MCG