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Item Details
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DOPED
THE REAL LIFE STORY OF THE 1960S RACEHORSE DOPING GANG |
| By: |
Jamie Reid |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£6.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1909471224 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781909471221 |
| Publisher: |
RACEFORM LTD |
| Pub. date: |
27 September, 2013 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
The true story of the shocking racehorse doping gang who scandalised the racing world in the early Sixties. It is a potent mix of horseracing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and royalty. |
| Synopsis: |
Doped is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. Combining a potent mix of horse racing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and the monarchy, it tells the true story of one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history. In March 1962 an audacious attempt to nobble one of the royal horses alerted police to a well organised band of racecourse criminals, backed by murderous London gangsters. The subsequent Flying Squad pursuit of the gang brought the quaintly deferential world of racing into sharp conflict with the harsher realities of the 'You've Never Had It So Good' era. This also coincided with the birth of the annual Dick Francis novel. The cast of characters is headed by William Roper, a debonair ex RAF Sergeant turned oddsmaker. His team included an ex jockey, numerous underpaid stable lads, an upper class gambling addict and a violent professional gangster who went on to face charges with the Kray twins in 1969. But the most fascinating member of Roper's firm was a beautiful and self-possessed young Swiss woman called Micheline Lugeon who became the bookmaker's lover. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Raceform Ltd |
| Prizes: |
Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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