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Note: throughout the book, riders and officials are referred to as ‘he’. This should, of course, be taken to mean ‘he or she’ where applicable.

Published in the UK in 2011 by A&C Black,
an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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This electronic edition published 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Copyright © Chris Sidwells 2011, 2013

ISBN (print) 978 1 4081 4022 2
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Commissioned by Charlotte Croft
Edited by Rebecca Senior
Designed by Steve Russell
Cover photograph © Getty Images
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