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Author Byles, Tony.

Title In Search of Running Rein : the Amazing Fraud of the 1844 Derby.

Publication Info. Luton : Andrews UK Limited, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introductory Note:; Foreword; In Search of Running Rein; Murky Practices and Dirty Tricks; Back to Denton and Malton; Abraham Levi Goodman; The Fraud Begins; Gladiator, The Saddler, ; Enter Goneaway; The Epsom Spring Meeting; Maccabeus Masquerades; Ratan, The Ugly Buck, ; The Derby; After the Derby; The Litchwalds; The Trial; After the Trial; The Ratan Affair; Lord George; Zanoni; End Matter; Epilogue; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8.
Appendix 9Appendix 10; Appendix 11; Appendix 12; Appendix 13; Appendix 14; Also Available.
Summary The Epsom Derby, established back in 1780 for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies, is today considered to be the most prestigious of the five Classics of the racing calendar, but there was nothing noble about the notorious Derby held in 1844. Marred by horse switching allegations, false age declarations, devious ownership transferrals and nobbling, it was set to become the most scandalous event in the history of the Turf. Drawing on a wide range of publications, newspaper articles, Jo.
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Subject Derby (Horse race)
Derby (Horse race) (OCoLC)fst01409354
Fraud -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Horse racing -- Betting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Doping in horse racing -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Horse racing.
Horsemanship in art -- Exhibitions.
Horsemanship in art.
Agriculture.
Sport & Recreation.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Equestrian.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Horse Racing.
Doping in horse racing. (OCoLC)fst00896936
Fraud. (OCoLC)fst00933786
Horse racing -- Betting. (OCoLC)fst00960491
England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Byles, Tony. In Search of Running Rein : The Amazing Fraud of the 1844 Derby. Luton : Andrews UK Limited, ©2011 9781906358945
ISBN 9781907792939 (electronic bk.)
1907792937 (electronic bk.)
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