Fixed : Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder... the Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry
de Matthew Benns
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- 1742755151
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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Elbury, Australia, 2012. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 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.. 9781742755151
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- Librería
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 23010307
- Título
- Fixed : Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder... the Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry
- Autor
- Matthew Benns
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1742755151
- ISBN 13
- 9781742755151
- Editorial
- Elbury
- Lugar de publicación
- Australia
- Fecha de publicación
- 2012
- Palabras clave
- BZDB5 Sports & Pastimes; Fixed : Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder... the Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry
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