Jumbo to Jockey by Dominic Prince

Jumbo to Jockey by Dominic Prince

‘What a thoroughly admirable achievementPrince writes well about food but also about the enjoyment he finds on the back of a horse, cantering up the gallops in the early mornings.
The Racing Post

‘With a natural storyteller's lightness of touch and gently self-deprecating humour, Jumbo to Jockey displays considerable spirit and draws the reader deep into the world of racing. Sheer joy leaping from the page.’
The Economist

‘There is a quiet artistry here you don't often see in journalistic memoirs. The build up to the actual race is genuinely gripping. It all makes for a fascinating, gripping read, as the fat man reconnects with the thin man he had been unconsciously been harbouring for all those years.’
The Daily Mail

‘As an account of a midlife crisis pursued to a triumphant conclusion, this is a delightful and unexpectedly touching memoir.’
Jane Shilling, Daily Telegraph

‘Prince's pages turn with delightfully dramatic ease.’
Daily Express

Dominic Prince is a free-lance journalist and documentary maker who writes for the Telegraph, Sunday Times, Mail, Tatler and Private Eye and has made award-winning films on Lester Piggott and the last Waterloo Cup. He is married to the food writer, Rose Prince and lives in London, currently on a diet of lentil broth and oatmeal.