The Kinanes
- stalwarts of Irish racing Regarded by many as the perfect jockey Mick Kinane rounded off his thirty-four-year career on a dazzling high with champion horse Sea The Stars winning the 2 000 Guineas Epsom Derby the Eclipse Stakes International Stakes Irish Champion Stakes & Prix de l Arc de Triomphe in 2009. However Mick is just one member of several generations of Kinanes who have consistently excelled in professional horse racing: through grit talent & a legendary work ethic. The backbone of Irish racing over the past fifty years this is the story of a clan that
Includes:: National Hunt jockey Tommy who won the Champion Hurdle on Monksfield & who once won a race despite a broken neck & his sons Thomas Jayo Paul & of course Mick. The family has its roots in simpler & indeed harder times; this book tracks their rise to the pinnacle of their sport on the world stage. Illustrated with family & racing photographs.