- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Highdown; First Edition edition (13 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905156278
- ISBN-13: 978-1905156276
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
226,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #63 in Books > Biography > Sport > Horse Racing
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Sue Mott, Daily Telegraph, November 4, 2006
"searingly honest ... utterly outshines the banal ramblings of our
indigenous football population"
indigenous football population"
Daily Mail, November 9, 2006
"a remarkably candid autobiography"
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this book cover to cover in 48 hours, staying up well into early morning, thinking just one more chapter that turned into two then three... Its starts in the court room, then goes back into his early life to present day. Timmy writes honest about his life, about the good and the bad. my deepest sympathy for his first pony Bluebell, who Timmy practised races on ( Who Hasn't?!). Then to working in yards trying to get rides and his breaks, then the fall and the true account of prison. Up to recently i have thought that being an alcoholic would be hard and that people that are have choices. My reviewed opinion is that getting to be an alcoholic is very easy ( i often head for the pub, after a bad day at work ) and being sober is very hard. The autobiography is very good reading compared to Tony McCoy and Richard Johnson which are quite ordinary in comparison. I may even have a flutter on Timmy Murphy ride in the Grand National.
Format:Hardcover
Very impressed with this book. Gives a detailed account of the horse industry and Timmy's rise to fame. Had a difficult time in jail and getting back on his feet and all credit to him.
Format:Paperback
An excellent book. Mr Murphy does not look for sympathy, but is very honest in his account of his well documented problems. Any horse racing fan will enjoy this, even if he has lost you a few bob over the years!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointingly bland, given the scope
Having read Sue Mott's blurb..."searingly honest," and some of the customer reviews I was looking forward to a personal account of Murphy's rise, fall and redemption. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2009 by Mr. David Stainton
Entertaining and frank
Very candid, open story from one of our top jockeys.
Very interesting read and really enjoyed this book, so much so didn't want to put it down
Very interesting read and really enjoyed this book, so much so didn't want to put it down
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by Nijinsky
An impersonal account
Timmy is undoubtedly a very skilled jockey with a style of his own. Over the years he has given some horses splendid rides. Read more
Published on 23 April 2007 by Lee Ann Day
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