David Crane

A lore unto himself

Barry Hills has never been an easy man to love but I don’t suppose he would have it any other way.

  • Frankincense and More: The Biography of Barry Hills

    Robin Oakley

    Racing Post Books, pp. 288

  • The Art of the Race

    Amanda Lockhart

    Envisage Books, pp. 168

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