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"Sadly,
death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in one
afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an
eyebrow." It's the third death that really troubles former
champion jump-jockey, Sid Halley. He knows the perils of racing
all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the
finishing line with three. 38 rounds in the chest. But this is
precisely how he finds Huw Walker - the new winner of the
Triumph Hurdle and Halley's friend. Now, former friend. Walker
was riding one of Lord Enstone's horses in the Hurdle and it was
the inimitable owner who invited Halley in the first place. His
brief: to make discrete enquiries into alleged race fixing. Are
results being rigged? Are bookies taking a cut? And if so, are
trainers and jockeys playing a dangerous game with stakes far
higher than they realise...Halley's quest for answers draws him
ever deeper into the darker side of the race game, in a
life-or-death power-play that will push him to his very limits -
both professionally and personally.
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