Racing Books

Excellent book for the die hard Bill Elliott fans ! Full of facts and information .Worth reading and having around to look up questions and answers.

this is a real nice photo book of the late forties dry lake hot rod history. The numerous high quality (mostly in colour) pictures of this era give a real nice flavour. The pictures were taken by a professional photographer and it shows, this is not your fuzzy, discoloured family photo album. Together with the text (short stories from numerous participants of that era) gives this book a real good impression. Recommended.

Western or English, for Training, re-training, correcting problems, making better bit selections, timing out your training, programing your student horses...., spin, rollbacks, learn to neck rein very well, make balance stops, side pass, patterns, glosary of horse terms, 166 pages detailed illustrations.
The most complete book published !!

¡¡¡Para entrenar al Pony de Polo, al Caballo de Rienda, el Caballo Vaquero de Trabajo y mas....,!!!

Para las disciplinas Inglesas u Occidentales (caballo vaquero), para entrenar, re-entrenar, corregir problemas, hacer una mejor seleccion de embocaduras o frenos, darle el tiempo adecuado tus entrenamientos, programar a tus potros alumnos..., vueltas sobre las piernas, vas aprender a trabajar muy bien con la rienda indirecta, vas a hacer paradas con balance, pasos laterales, guias o patrones de entrenamiento, glosario de terminos equinos, son 166 paginas con ilustraciones detalladas.

¡¡¡Es el libro mas completo que se haya publicado!!!

Between the years 1875-1902, a dozen black jockeys were aboard winning mounts 16 times in the Kentucky Derby. There hasn't been a black jockey in the winner's circle since Jimmy Winkfield 105 years ago.

In an information-packed 110 pages, authors James Robert Saunders and Monica Renae Saunders takes the reader back to a forgotten period in American history that was yet another victim to the hate of institutionalized racism.

Biographies of the 12 jockeys are richly supplemented with an overview of society and the sport, along with background material that dates back to slavery, when most jobs in the plantation stables were done by slaves & jockeys as young as 10 or 11 piloted the Thoroughbreds in races throughout the nation.

How bizarre it is that opportunities in the sport that began with slavery were then destroyed by slavery in the guise of Jim Crow. The reverberations are still felt today, as opportunities at the top levels of the sport have remained difficult - if not impossible - for blacks to achieve.

The appendix includes lists of champion jockeys, trainers who had runners in the race and owners who had starters in the field. The Thoroughbred owners include Berry Gordy and Stanley Burrell, better-known as MC Hammer, whose racer was aptly named, Dance Floor.

This is a story of triumph in the face of great odds and the tragedy of a nation that seeminngly can't ride fast enough away from the real history of racism in society & sports.

I grew up dreaming that someday I would find a book which revealed the mysteries of handicapping a thoroughbred horse race. Blinkers On is that book. This statement comes after 55 years of handicapping the races. I started when I was 9 years old on my Daddy's knee. The Author, Cary Fotias shows us how to analyze and interpret his pace figures. These numbers when interpreted by Fotias unmask the Handicapping Mystery. Blinkers On shows us when the favorite will regress and when a long shot is ready to run the best race of his life. You won't believe what you are about to read. This book is not for beginners. I spent over a year learning to interpret Ragozine Sheets and Thorograph Sheets just to prepare myself to understand and appreciate Cary Fotias' masterpiece, Blinkers On. Now, I beat the races every week. My attitude has changed from hoping to get lucky into expecting success.

Bluegrass portrays the racing world and it's trials, tribulations, and rewards beautifully, better than any other book about racing that i've read(and i have read many, many books on thouroughbred racing by many different authors). This is an awesome book and i think anyone who is even the least bit interested in racing should read it.This is the only book on thouroughbred racing that i've read that talks so intensively about the bloodlines(which are true bloodlines, not made up) of each and every horse in the story. It was an absolutely wonderful book and if you have never read it, i very highly recomend it!

This was my second purchase for my 318is, the first being the "BMW 3 Series Service Manual 1992-1998" by Bentley. Excited about my first European car and wanting to know everything about it, I read the book nearly end to end.

There are several cutaway drawings that show how the suspension and engines work. I would guess nearly 70% of the pictures are of right hand drive models. The names "boot" and "bonnet" are used to describe the trunk and hood throughout. All of the technologies are explained, from the 1.6L engine, to VANOS and the M3 models.

Production numbers, assembly locations, engine specs are all covered in good detail. Even dimensions are covered for all models. Other models covered are the convertibles, wagons, hatchback, and the Z3 are touched upon. One item of interest is even the warning about the low fog lights and that they can be easily damaged. There is little in the way of racing and a chapter each on the M3 and hatchback or TI models. If you are an M3 enthusiast look for another book.

I wouldn't say this is the best read for the E46, the last twenty pages cover the new model and how it came about from the E36. For a book published in 2000, it is well written and covers the models very well. Perhaps the most comprehensive book for someone who is new to BMW and logically explains the cars. I recommend this book for anyone new to BMW and is looking to join a club or be knowledgeable when people ask about your car or when you are at the repair shop.

This book really helped me. I'm just starting out with my BMX bike and racing, it helped with with everything i could need to know about how to take care of my bike and stuff. This was a great book for me i think you should read it,

Bcos im a girl people thought it was stupid ,e being a bmx rider no instructers would take me on bcos it was a ''mans game'' but i self taught thanks to this nbook it was a lot longer process but it worked and hey ........FREE OF charge...no lesson fee's! ill take a guy on then! cmon if u think ure ard enuff!

Great book for learning to Ski Race on a professional/competitive level. This Book includes instruction and illustrations on Slalom, Giant Slalom, Downhill, Conditioning, Equipment, Organizing Ski Races, As Well as Information About The World Cup, About Olympic Competing and FIS World Championships, About The International Ski Racers Association, About Where You Can Race. This book is written by Bob Beattie who was Executive Director if The International Ski Racers Association, Commissioner of NASTAR, and former Olympic Coach from 1961-1969.