{"product_id":"the-language-of-horse-racing-gerald-hammond-9781579582760","title":"The Language of Horse Racing","description":"In dictionary form but offering much more than dictionary definitions, The Language of Horse Racing presents a guide to the history, development and usage of words and phrases employed on the racecourse, by those who train and look after horses, those who ride them, and those who lose their money betting on them. Here the reader will discover exactly what the distance is, and why it is so called; what the cap was in handicap; what relation the wild goose chase had to the steeple-chase; what is dead about a dead heat; and what the differences are between getting in, getting on, getting out and getting up. The Language of Horse Racing also reveals the language of the racecourse, including the bizarre vocabulary of betting, from the betting boots that early bookies put on, to the faces, heads, sharks and sharps who feed off the buzz and whisper that go round the ring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Hammond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1579582761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781579582760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 7.34w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2000 pg. 664","brand":"Gerald Hammond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086333489407,"sku":"9781579582760","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47d42d7c-6141-4b7b-bad5-098af6d52334.jpg?v=1769094094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-language-of-horse-racing-gerald-hammond-9781579582760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}