In Praise of Famous Horses: An A-Z of the Most Celebrated in History and Culture, Myth and Sport

＂First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.＂

Sean Magee is the author or editor of several books on horse racing, including CHANNEL 4 RACING: COMPLETE A-Z OF HORSE RACING, ASCOT: THE HISTORY, and LESTER’S DERBYS (with Lester Piggott). He is also the author of the official history of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. He lives in rural Oxfordshire with his family.