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020			_a9781848549838
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a798.4 MCG
245			_aMr Darley's Arabian : _bhigh life, low life, sporting life : a history of racing in twenty-five horses / _cChristopher McGrath.
300			_a426 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aHorse racing
650			_aSports
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