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Royal Ascot - Read about Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing at this iconic event
Posted by Lydia Unwin on
Crowds will be gathering at Ascot Races, a highlight of the racing calendar and a place that has seen many a sporting mishap, celebration and curiosity...
You can read all about them in Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing... from the theft of the Ascot Gold Cup in 1907, to the bizarre incident involving Ile De Chypre in 1988, and the regular appearances of the unmissable Gertrude Shilling and of Linda Lovelace in 1974.
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The Byerley Turk
Posted by Lydia Unwin on
The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred