Foinavon: The Story of the Grand National’s Biggest Upset

David Owen

Sun, 06 Apr, 2014 - 01:00

Review Stephen Cadogan

Anyone who balks at reading 278 pages about a horse should refer to Laura Hillenbrand’s 2001 book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend — the yardstick by which these horse ‘biographies’ should be measured.

Hillenbrand’s book inspired the 2003 Oscar-nominated film, Seabiscuit.

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