Champion Charlie: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Swan by Michael Clower

Brand new shop stock, may be some slight wear around the edges from shelf life; see photos.\n\nChampion Charlie: The Authorised Biography of Charlie Swanby Michael Clower\n\nCharlie Swan was Ireland\u2019s champion jump jockey for nine consecutive \nseasons and he has ridden more National Hunt winners in Ireland than any\n other jockey in history. He holds the Irish records for both the most \nwinners in a season and the most in a calendar year. He has twice been \nleading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival and has a string of big-race \nvictories to his credit including two Champion Hurdles, the Queen Mother\n Champion Chase, the Irish Grand National, two Whitbread Gold Cups and \nfour Irish Champion Hurdles.\n\nBut life has been far from easy for Charlie Swan. This absorbing \nbook relates how he had to struggle in his early years as an apprentice \nand describes the terrible toll racing has taken on him physically.\n\nChampion Charlie does much more than tell the .