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David Owen

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English
Fairfield Books
20 February 2023
Horse racing
L’Escargot was a wonder horse, one of only two to have scaled the twin peaks of

steeplechasing: the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National. He won on the biggest stages in

Britain and Ireland – and on one of the biggest in the USA. His victories spanned nine seasons. He

triumphed on the flat, over hurdles and over fences, and at distances from two miles to the National’s

gruelling four miles and 856 yards. When he surged clear of Red Rum – the best Aintree horse ever – to claim victory in the National on

that strange, anti-climactic day in 1975, it was one of the most dramatic acts of party-pooping in the

history of sport. Yet, for those who had managed his destiny since 1966 from a base on the edge of The

Curragh, it meant the fulfilment of a decades-old ambition.
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Imprint:   Fairfield Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 135mm, 
ISBN:   9781915237217
ISBN 10:   1915237211
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

David Owen is a former sports editor of the Financial Times, for which he worked for twenty years in the USA, Canada, France and Great Britain. A leading authority on the Olympic movement, he contributes regularly to the insidethegames.biz website. His previous horseracing book, Foinavon: The Story of the Grand National’s Biggest Upset, won the Dr Tony Ryan Book Award. His other books include Thomi Keller: A Life in Sport, Rain Starts Play and A Short History of Cricket at Everdon Hall.

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