Related Links

Here are links to sites that have proved useful when researching the history of the thoroughbred and its associated literature.

 

Bloodlines.net  - http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/ Profiles, pedigrees and portraits of historic Thoroughbred race horses

Braddocks Complete Guide to Horserace Selection and Betting  - http://www.braddocks-guide-racing.com/ An introduction to the professional selection and betting on horseraces.

Free Rein: Racing in Berkshire and Beyond (1700 - 1905)  - http://www.hamsteadmarshall.net/FreeRein/index.html By Penelope Stokes (2005). The social history of horseracing within a 40-mile radius of Newbury, Berkshire, England from 1700 to 1905.

Great Racehorses  - http://www.greatracehorses.net/ Biographies and ratings for a select list of Great Racehorses

Horseman's Bookshop and Gallery, Sydney, Australia  - http://www.stallions.com.au/hbookshop/index.asp A prime source of new and second hand racing books from Australia and around the world.

ISAI Technologies Ltd  - http://www.isai.co.uk Web Designer and Developer of The Cox Library website.

National Sporting Library  - http://www.nsl.org/ A research centre for horse and field sports, with a collection of over 13,000 books, periodicals, photographs, films, and manuscripts.

R E & G B Way (Greg Way)  - http://www.geocities.com/regbway Leading seller of thoroughbred racing and other field sports books in the UK.

Robin Bledsoe  - http://abaa.org/bledsoe Leading seller of racing and other horse books in the US

The Keeneland Library  - http://www.keeneland.com/visitor/library.asp An extensive collection of information on Thoroughbreds, their owners, breeders, jockeys and trainers. The Librarians provide valuable assistance to researchers.

The Thoroughbred Horse  - http://www.highflyer.supanet.com Devoted to the development of the thoroughbred horse. Includes articles on Royal Plates, English and Irish Classic Races, Major English National Hunt Races, Champion English Sires and the Identification and Breeding of Early Thoroughbred Ancestors.

Thoroughbred Heritage  - http://www.tbheritage.com Articles on Historic Sires and Dams with over a thousand portraits, the earliest breeders of running horses, the science of genetics as it relates to the thoroughbred and Turf Hallmarks.