Promotional Information

Live broadcast audience of 8 million.Launch to coincide with the 2016 Crabbies Grand National Festival: (1) at the announcement of weights (in London or Liverpool hotel), (2) at Aintree during Festival, with the backing of Aintree Racecourse and Crabbies.Coverage expected in racing press & media; national press; Liverpool and Oxford media; betting companies.

About the Author

After more than thirty years working in higher education, first at the London School of Economics and then at Rhodes House, Oxford, John Pinfold is now an independent historian based in Oxford. Brought up in Liverpool, he saw his first Grand National in 1967, and has witnessed at first hand all but two of the subsequent renewals of the world's greatest steeplechase. A recognised authority on the history of the race, he has written widely on the history of horse racing, including contributions to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the journal of the British Society of Sports History, Sport in History. His previous books include Gallant Sport: the authentic history of Liverpool races (1999) and The Velka Pardubicka and the Grand National (2010).

Reviews

"The racing book of the year" John Randall, Racing Post; "John Pinfold's detailed and well-illustrated work will surely become the book of reference on Grand National history." Robin Oakley, The Spectator; www.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/i-managed-to-miss-out-on-the-glory-of-cheltenham-financially-anyway; "In short, it is the only book that you need on this subject on your shelf." Turf Times.