Fixed : Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder. the Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry
Language: English
Published by Elbury, Australia, 2012
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Trade Paperback. 292 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Elbury, Australia, 2012. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Matthew Benns takes us inside the murky world of Australia's racing industry. Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying, I have to meet a bloke.' Just hours later he was dead, blood pouring out of five bullet wounds to his head and body. Racing in Australia has a dark and dangerous underbelly. Powerful people play for high stakes in an industry worth $14 billion a year. And they don't play nicely. Yearling sales are rigged, horses doped, races fixed and taxes dodged by high-rolling punters. Every day huge sums of money are made by bookies who don't want to put any of it back into the industry. Meanwhile, jockeys starve themselves to the point of delirium - many suffering permanent injury while racing for as little as $130 a race. Young female jockeys are raped. Horses suffer terribly too - every year almost half of Australia's racehorses are sent to abattoirs to fuel the booming pet-food industry. This is the true story every racing fan needs to read. It goes past the glorious image of Black Caviar winning off twenty-two starts to reveal what really goes on in the murky corrido *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Equestrian & Racing; ISBN/EAN: 9781742755151. Inventory No: 23010307.…
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- Title
- Fixed : Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder. the Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry
- Author
- Benns, Matthew
- Publisher
- Elbury, Australia
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1742755151
- ISBN 13
- 9781742755151
- Seller catalogs
- Sports & Pastimes
Past the glitz and glitter of Melbourne Cup winner lies the murky world of Australia's racing industry
Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying: "I have got to meet a bloke." Just hours later he was laying dead, in the middle of the road with blood pouring from five bullet wounds to his head and body. Racing in Australia has a dark and dangerous underbelly. Powerful people play for high stakes in an industry worth $14 billion a year. And they don't play nicely. Yearling sales are rigged, horses doped, races fixed, and taxes dodged by high rolling punters. Every day huge sums of money are made by bookies who don't want to put any of it back into the industry. Meanwhile jockeys starve and sweat themselves to the point of delirium—many dying or suffering permanent injury while racing for as little as $130 a race. Young female jockeys are raped, often by the trainers they work for. Horses suffer terribly too—every year almost half of Australia's racehorses are sent to slaughter, fuelling the booming pet food industry. This is the true story every racing fan needs to read. It goes past the glorious image of the Melbourne Cup winner holding his hand aloft to reveal what really goes on in the dark and murky corridors of Australian racing. It tells you about the bent jockeys, cheating trainers, crooked owners, and greedy bookies. Everyone wants an angle in racing, this book tells you just how often that means the race is Fixed.
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