{"product_id":"it-gets-in-your-blood-lives-of-the-racecourse-9781776923212","title":"It Gets in Your Blood: Lives of the Racecourse","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Come for a ride with me, and see what I see, down in the dirt and sweat and horseshit, right in the belly of the work of a racing stable. These are my real people, and this is the life I would lead if I hadn't been looking out for my father, a child of the Depression. Be a teacher, he said, or a nurse, people always want those people. I only just started riding work when he was lying in a coma. Could I tell him how much I would love to be a jockey? I could not.' In 2015, Marty Smith set out to immerse herself in the world of thoroughbred horse racing--to spend time in the stables and training grounds of the Hawke's Bay racecourse, and talk to people in every role. The project turned out to be harder--and more surprising, funny and drawn out--than she'd ever expected. Over ten years, the lives of the racecourse opened up, and the book became a portrait of a changing industry and the people within it. This is a life of hard work and constant risk, as well as community and love. And horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Te Herenga Waka University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776923212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Marty Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53023022088373,"sku":"9781776923212","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781776923212.jpg?v=1787665831","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/it-gets-in-your-blood-lives-of-the-racecourse-9781776923212","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}