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A Racing Post review for Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing

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A Racing Post review for Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing
The book is getting off to a strong start: Racing Post’s Front Runner pundit Chris Cook has declared it to be: ‘immensely readable, entertaining and informative from beginning to end.

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Renowned Ex-Racing Post Journalist Launches Brand New Book at World’s Oldest Racecourse

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Renowned Ex-Racing Post Journalist Launches Brand New Book at World’s Oldest Racecourse
This Saturday 24th September, ex-Racing Post journalist David Ashforth will launch his brand new book ‘Ashforth’s Curiosities of Horseracing’ at Chester Racecourse and in partnership with Tote during the Autumn Festival Saturday race meeting.

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A review for Everything you wanted to know about the Countryside... (but didn't dare ask)

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A review for Everything you wanted to know about the Countryside... (but didn't dare ask)

Review by Alasdair Crosby: Editor of Rural Jersey Country Life Magazine

I am honestly, truthfully in awe of the range of the author’s knowledge about rural Britain. It seems to be encyclopaedic, and the range of contents is vast.

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Here come our new autumn titles!

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Here come our new autumn titles!
Full details of all these September published books are on our website and there’s something for everyone: horse racing, mushrooming, those wanting a British wildlife safari, journalist Michael Clayton and dairy farmer Roger Evans latest books, and there’s not a country lover anywhere who doesn’t need Jill Mason’s forthcoming blockbuster which is packed with facts about what’s going on in farms, forests and mountains the length and breadth of the UK.

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FLY FISHING FOR CATFISH: Jaw-dropping UK action on the fly, at Todber Manor Fisheries!

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FLY FISHING FOR CATFISH: Jaw-dropping UK action on the fly, at Todber Manor Fisheries!
Dominic Garnett has never been afraid to pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo in the world if flyfishing. His books, Flyfishing for Coarse Fish and Canal Fishing provides the tips and techniques needed.

This month he has been experimenting with flyfishing for coarse fish, catching a UK catfish of 45lbs on the fly!!  You can read about it in The Angling Time and watch his YouTube video about the process

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