The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing

Books in the Cambridge Companions series are not your typical reference books, and The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing is no exception. The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing is a solid work that looks at horseracing through a variety of lenses, including historic, economic, social and artistic. The volume urges readers to “rethink conventional descriptions of racing as an invention of the English Aristocracy”. The work is composed of seven elements including: illustrations (11 of them), information on contributors (14 of them), a horseracing chronology, an introduction, 14 chapters, a guide to further reading and an index. The 14 chapters, which can...