Stawell Gift Almanac: History of the Stawell Gift
- ISBN-10
- 0980289750
- ISBN-13
- 9780980289756
- Category
- Athletics
- Pages
- 342
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Authors
- Gary Watt, Legacy Books
Description
"A comprehensive book covering the first 127 winners of Australia's oldest professional footrace, featuring every heat winner from 1878-2008. Every Stawell Gift carnival is featured in detail, including: interviews with past winners; all the betting plunges; sensations and controversies; statistics; weather details; a story about every winner; a table listing the ages of past winners, the original backmarkers and how they performed; names, handicaps and times for ALL heat, repechage, semi and final winners of this iconic sporting event; plus much, much more."--Publisher description.
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