This biography by Lauren Calaway is about the life of one of Australia’s Top 5 jockeys to have ever ridden according to race caller Johnny Tapp. The book is in good read condition with a few creases in the cover and discolouration but none of that effect the reading of the book. There are no rips or tears
Blurb on the back reads
He rode his first winner at the age of 10 in borrowed silks and boots, and went on to win over 1000 races in Australia, England, and France. He created history by winning the Epsom and Derby Double at Randwick, but then plunged into a series of controversial and personal dramas that dominated his career.
Darby holds nothing back, sharing the rags to riches to rags story of a champion who battled the odds to stay in the winning circle, and struggled to find his true identity in the midst of a whirlwind of women, affairs, suicide and breakdowns.
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