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Jockeying to the Top by David Brasch (Paperback, 2011)

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Peter Cook is one of the greatest jockeys Australia has ever seen. Son of the great jockey Bill Cook, he followed in his father's footsteps, winning two Melbourne Cups and more than 1000 other races, from the Caufield Cup, to maiden races, to high stakes, high prize-money races in France. He has his own style of riding and was able to extract the best performance from the horses he rode by using his hands and heels, rather than the whip. Peter clashed with officials because he refused to bow down to the treatment of jockeys as 'second class citizens', and believed that jockeys were elite, professional athletes who should be treated as such. He rode for many well known and well respected trainers, including Geoff Murphy, Tommy (TJ) Smith and Bart Cummings and some have written tributes to him in this book. In Canberra in 1990, Peter suffered a heart attack in a sauna before a race - trying to lose the last few ounces so he could make the weight to ride. He lost 47 per cent of his heart function, and although tried to make a comeback, it was too difficult. The loss of his job as a jockey - the one thing he knew - and his livelihood, as well as the subsequent court cases, drew him into a deep depression. This is the story of the trials and triumphs of being a jockey, and of one of Australia's greatest horsemen.

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Publisher
New Holland Publishers
ISBN-13
9781742571256
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104184987

Product Key Features

Book Title
Jockeying to the Top
Author
David Brasch
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
David Brasch
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia

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