WARRIORS ON HORSEBACK book review

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propertyHome/Local Sport/Local FootyWARRIORS ON HORSEBACK book reviewUpdated October 21 2016 - 10:31pm, first published September 1 2016 - 4:35pmUpdated October 21 2016 - 10:31pm, first

published September 1 2016 - 4:35pmFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopy “EVEN now, 33 years on, you sense that it still gives him a buzz to talk about the day that changed his life and, in turn,

allowed him to change the lives of many others.”

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words, John Carter recalls getting cancer survivor Bob Champion to tell again the fairy-tale story of how he won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti.

Such stories form the backbone of this probe into the life of a jockey.

Fiercely competitive on the racecourse, they also enjoy a “tribal kinship” in the weighing room and this celebrates their collective achievements.

It also reflects on historical events where jockeys have made headlines, spanning the timeframe and geography from Seabiscuit to Frankie Dettori.

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