Mr Darley's Arabian : high life, low life, sporting life : a history of racing in twenty-five horses / Christopher McGrath.

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TextDescription: 426 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9781848549838

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798.4 MCG

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Mr Darley's Arabian : high life, low life, sporting life : a history of racing in twenty-five horses / Christopher McGrath.