British Racing and Racecourses (ISBN 978-0950139722) published in 1971 with a first print run of 10,000,[1] was written by the female equestrian writer, Marion Rose Halpenny, and was the first book with general all round racecourse information, precise definitions of terms used to describe track surfaces, with plans of all racecourses that had broken completely new ground.[2]
- ^ Mum's the word for this lady racing expert Evening Telegraph – Tuesday, 16 March 1971
- ^ Odd Man Out – Gossip of the Day Evening Telegraph – Thursday, 18 March 1971