Stable Lass: Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard (Hardback)

Gemma Hogg (Author)

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Stable Lass: Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard

Stable Lass: Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard

£16.99 £1.00

Stable Lass: Tales from a Yorkshire Racing Yard

£16.99 £1.00
Being a stable lass is probably one of the hardest jobs in the country, and yet for Gemma Hogg it is the most rewarding. She works in the beautiful Yorkshire market town of Middleham and if her colleagues are occasionally challenging, then the horses are downright astonishing. Now, in Stable Lass, she takes us into the closed world of a top racing yard, from the elation of having several winners in one day to the almost indescribable grief of losing a horse.

Like most stable lads and lasses, Gemma arrived in her yard as a teenager fresh out of racing college and had to cope with living away from home for the first time, as well as adapting to the brutal long hours, backbreaking work and often treacherous weather. She describes falling in love with Polo Venture, the first racehorse in her care, the pure exhilaration of riding him on Middleham Gallops for the first time and what happens when a horse takes against you, from the growling gelding Valiant Warrior to the potentially lethal Broadway Boy. She brings to life the characters around the yard, from straight-talking boss Micky Hammond to the jockeys starving themselves to make weight, the wealthy owners and the other stable lads and lasses who come from a range of different places and backgrounds.
  • Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson
  • ISBN: 9781509847648
  • Pages: 320
  • Weight: 0.587
Gemma Hogg is assistant trainer at Micky Hammond Racing, which is based in Middleham in North Yorkshire. She has worked for Micky Hammond since 2008, when she started as a stable lass. She was named Employee of the Year at the 2016 Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards as well as winning the Leadership category.

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