- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Highdown; First Edition edition (22 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904317790
- ISBN-13: 978-1904317791
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 954,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Horse & Hound, November 4, 2004
"this sensitive account of Punch's tragic death lifts this story to one about the courageous hero he was."
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To hail Persian Punch as the most popular Flat racehorse on Britain is not sufficient. He has gone beyond the levels of popularity we normally associate with the money-dominated sport of Flat racing. He is a horse who has grabbed the affections of race-goers to a far greater extent than any other in the sport's recent history. Persian Punch's public standing has been built on performance of the utmost bravery, performances which have seen him snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, performances which have left normally hardened observers unable to resist anthropomorphic tributes. The Authorised Story is the ultimate tribute to this wonderful athlete. Flat racing has seen nothing like Persian Punch in years. He is a gentle giant with a positively ruthless will to win, his continued presence enriching the sport. He embodies everything that is great about the racehorse. There can be no greater compliment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A perfect tribute to our 'champion' stayer,
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This review is from: Persian Punch: The Authorised Tribute (Hardcover)
It is unusual for the public to take a flat racehorse to heart quite in the same way that they do national hunt horses, but here is one who got to all of us. Better each year that he raced he had his finest hour at the age of 10 when narrowly denied the Stayers Triple Crown but winning the Goodwood Cup and the Doncaster Cup.
For a long time the most significant thing about Persian Punch was that he failed to win a Group 1 contest despite raising the roof at Royal Ascot in the attempt. But he surpassed that and rose to be hailed as the most popular flat horse in training and 'The People's Champion'. Even those clear headed hard hearted lovers of statistics Tony Morriss and John Randall paid tributes to him. Words cannot capture his enormous presence, his will to win, or the great love which the racing public had for him. In his first book Lee Mottershead does his best to portray larger than life Punch, and does not disappoint. Sadly Punch was to die just before this book was ready to be published and it served as a fine tribute to him. Punch was the horse we all wanted to own. Hailed by the Racing Post as, 'the bravest of them all' he was great fun. People went racing just to see him as they had Brown Jack the famous stayer of the 1930's. His last win, his third in the Jockey Club Cup at Newmarket was one of those days that everyone remembers. Beaten until a rivals whip hit him across the face he got back up, snatching victory form the jaws of defeat and even those who had not backed him cheered when the result of the photo was called. Although he never secured that Group 1 he was all that was good about racing and when he died a little bit of racing died with him. Those of us who knew him will never forget him. If you missed his times, get this book and find the videos. Read more about him and his statue at Newmarket Racecourse on his tribute website www.persianpunch.co.uk
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