The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History

by Nick Townsend

Book Overview

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The bookies always win.

But one man has been proving them wrong for four decades.

In the summer of 1975 Barney Curley, a fearless and renowned gambler, masterminded one of the most spectacular gambles of all time with a racehorse called Yellow Sam. With a meticulous, entirely legal plan involving dozens of people, perfectly timed phone calls, sealed orders and months of preparation, Curley and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099576589
• ISBN13: 9780099576587
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Arrow
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 7.7"