WORST Horse Racing Book Ever Written?

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Crepello1957 wrote:

I do agree that Julian Wilson’s biography should be in there, a thoroughly unpleasant man comes across, in a badly written book.

THIS.

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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.

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I’d also like to nominate The Official A-Z of the Grand National Paperback by John Cottrell and Marcus Armytage, which is a catastrophically missed opportunity.

Extensive at 640 pages, yes, but full of omissions, nothing remotely approximating a complete list of horses/trainers/owners for even a small handful of the most recent renewals, and no shortage of illogical according of subjects to headings.

I should be referring to this title time and again. I imagined myself doing so. As a point of fact, however, it’s a horror to work with.

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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.

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