{"product_id":"9781839500305","title":"Starting From Scratch : Inspired to be a Jump Jockey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Knight, Henrietta, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 25\/10\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Racing Post,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Raceform Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Horse racing, Biography: sport\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781839500305\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productInfo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eSuccessful jump jockeys come from a variety of backgrounds. Their childhoods and upbringings show vast differences. Some originate from families already connected to horses and racing - they were always going to be riders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet others have parents who have no equine connections whatsoever, which presents the question: why did these kids become jockeys and how?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIn her latest book on racing, best-selling author Henrietta Knight - the three-time Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer of the legendary Best Mate - charts the lives of more than 80 jump jockeys in the hope of finding out what inspired them in childhood to take up one of the most dangerous jobs in sport.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eAmong the great and good to be profiled are household names such as Richard Dunwoody, John Francome, Sir Anthony McCoy and Ruby Walsh, and throughout Starting From Scratch we discover how many of racing's most celebrated individuals opted to take the path they did.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"purchaseBlock\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-ean=\"9781839500305\" class=\"singleTitleContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pricing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022528905369,"sku":"9781839500305","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781839500305.jpg?v=1602537581","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781839500305","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}