Waterhouse And Smith. The Rise To Power Of Two Racing Dynasties

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: Prahran
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition

Description: 303 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The Intriguing Histories Of Australia's Two Great Racing Dynasties.

Publishers Description: This major biography by leading racing writer, John Ellicott, chronicles the adventures and misadventures on and off the track of the Smith and Waterhouse families - their extraordinary successes and influence on the sport, but also their spectacular falls from grace; their extensive networks and relationships (both professional and personal); and their place and legacy in Australia's cultural/ sporting annals. The book broadly covers: The patriarch, TJ Smith, his career and influence; his daughter Gai's 15-year apprenticeship; and the transference of power The rival, Bill Waterhouse, his career and influence; the Fine Cotton/Bold Personality affairs The untouchable Gai, her early career; her battles with officialdom; her successes and failures; her intriguing relationship with Robbie; the emergence of her glamorous daughter, Kate Tom and Robbie Waterhouse: their potential; their legacy; their past and recent misdemeanours; and the future ... Lively, entertaining, rich in anecdote and written in a style to appeal to a Good Weekend demographic, The Waterhouses will be the first major, in-depth study of these two extraordinary dynasties.

ISBN: 9781740665100