Synopsis
Following National Hunt jockey Richard Dunwoody through the latter part of his first championship-winning season, this book offers a jockey's-eye view of the important meetings, goes behind the scenes of racing's moments, both big and small, and tells of the split-second decisions that are the difference between winning and losing, or landing on your feet or on your head. The reader is guided through the 1993 Cheltenham Festival, the Aintree farce and the party atmosphere of the Punchestown Festival in Ireland, but the book is not all about glory. It is also about early wet mornings, being black and blue with bruises, and spending long hours at the wheel and soul-destroying lengths of time in the sauna. The result is a diary chronicling all sides of a champion jockey's life and an insight into a gruelling yet magnificent season.
