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Title
The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History
ISBN
1780891962
EAN
9781780891965
Type
Paperback / softback
Binding
Paperback / softback
Date of Publication
20140227
Publication Name
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Release Title
The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History
Artist
Townsend, Nick
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Publication Year
2014
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
The Sure Thing: the Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History
Item Height
234mm
Author
Nick Townsend
Publisher
Cornerstone
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Topic
Gambling
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
549g
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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THE BOOKIES ALWAYS WIN. Yet, for over four decades Barney Curley has proved himself a rare exception. The country's most renowned and fearless gambler, a man who will back his judgement to win e100,000 and more on a single day, has consistently emerged triumphant from bloody skirmishes with the old enemy. In the summer of 1975 Curley masterminded one of the most spectacular gambles of all time, with a racehorse named Yellow Sam, costing Irish bookmakers around e300,000; the equivalent of some e2m today. No-one believed anything similar could be staged again this century. Bookmakers now have communications and technology in place to thwart any renewed attempts. But challenges inspire Curley and he was determined to beat the system - again. Thirty-five years later from his first coup, Curley set about staging an ambitious sequel to his Yellow Sam scheme. Curley has never divulged the full details of what happened. Now, for the first time, The Sure Thing reveals the complete story of the months of planning and preparation, with all the trials and tribulations, that went into the biggest organised gamble in racing history.

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Cornerstone
ISBN-13
9781780891965
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Book Title
The Sure Thing: the Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History
Author
Nick Townsend
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Gambling
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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234mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
549g

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Nick Townsend
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