03405nam 2200577 450 991046443300332120200520144314.01-922059-45-51-922059-44-7(CKB)3710000000088836(EBL)1634759(MiAaPQ)EBC1634759(Au-PeEL)EBL1634759(CaPaEBR)ebr10838666(OCoLC)870950690(EXLCZ)99371000000008883620140226h20022013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAborigines and the sport of Kings aboriginal jockeys in Australian racing history /John MaynardRevised edition.Canberra, Australian Capital Territory :Aboriginal Studies Press,2002.©20131 online resource (165 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-922059-54-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Foreword by Richard Waterhouse; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Aboriginal Jockeys - A Proud Past But an Uncertain Future?; Part I: Behind the Barriers - The Background to Indigenous Involvement in Racing; The Arrival of the Horse; Off and Racing: Characters and Yarns from the Inner Sanctum; Identity, Racing and Racism; Aboriginal Women in Racing; To the Finish Line; Part II: Riding High: The Stars of the Turf; Peter St Albans; Rae 'Togo' Johnstone; David Hugh 'Darby' Munro; Merv Maynard; Frank Reys; Norm RoseRichard Lawrence 'Darby' McCarthyLeigh-Anne Goodwin; Part III: Ahead of the Field: More Indigenous Australian Jockeys; Charlie Flannigan; Percy Kennedy; Massa Read; Jimmy Dries; Besley Murray; Stan Johnson; Kenny Broderick; Barry Hagan; Frank and Jack Duval; Doug Hodgson; Gordon Taylor; Jimmy Leslie; Harry Fuller; Bill O'Brien; David Mathews; Merv Marion; Reg 'Punter' Hart; William Lord; Geoff Booth; Glen Pickwick; Lyall Appo; Bradley Appo; Paul Timbery; Rosalyn and Rod Bynder; Gaynor Chambers; Bibliography; IndexAborigines and the 'Sport of Kings' is a celebration of the significant involvement and impact of Aboriginals in Australian horse racing history. Beginning with the remarkable history of Australian Aboriginal people's first contact with horses and how the European animals caused them bewilderment and terror, this book then discusses how, over time, they caught horses and taught themselves to ride and showed an uncanny affinity with horses. The work then goes on to share numerous stories of some of Australia's most successful and famous AbJockeysAustraliaBiographyRacehorse trainersAustraliaBiographyAboriginal Australian jockeysBiographyHorse racingAustraliaHistoryElectronic books.JockeysRacehorse trainersAboriginal Australian jockeysHorse racingHistory.798.400899915Maynard John403286MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464433003321Aborigines and the sport of Kings2267107UNINA