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From Phar Lap to Sunline

By Alf Kneebone )
Patella Publishing, Cambridge, New Zealand

Alf Kneebone from New Zealand’s Waikato area is among the country’s best known and highly respected thoroughbred racing journalists. In From Phar Lap to Sunline the recalls the racing greats both human and equine he encountered in his long literary association with the turf.

He had a remarkable alliance with the Waikato Times , serving the Hamilton daily newspaper from 1938 to 2001, apart from a break with military service during World War II.

In March 2001 he completed a remarkable 50-year term as a track reporter , timing morning gallops from the Waikato training courses at Te Rapa, Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In those duties Alf received the utmost respect from all in the industry for his reliable and professional approach.

There are 160 pages in this soft covered title , with 152 devoted to the numerous people and horses he meet in the business . Alf gives a backgrounder to these individuals and embellishes the coverage with his own recollections . This adds a rather nice human interest overtone to the book.

The articles are short, sharp and succint and provide an easily read text.

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