Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder - The Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry

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Matthew Benns

Fixed

Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder - The Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry

Matthew Benns

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Ebury Press
01 November 2013

True crime; Sports & outdoor recreation; Equestrian & animal sports; Horse racing

In this updated version, Matthew Benns takes us back into the murky world of Australian horseracing.

In this updated version, Matthew Benns takes us back into the murky world of Australian horseracing.

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-five starts to reveal what really goes on in the 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.

By: Matthew Benns
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 314g
ISBN: 9780857983268
ISBN 10: 0857983261
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 November 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matthew Benns is a freelance journalist and has written for publications from the SMH to the Sun Herald to the UK tabloids. He is also the author of a number of books including The Men Who Killed Qantas for Random House. His last book, Dirty Money, was number one on the business books bestseller list and described by investigative journalist John Pilger as a terrific book - the first of its kind in Australiao. Using impeccable sources Matthew provides Australians with the uncomfortable facts and shocking answers to the questions raised against our big business and icons and he doesn't flinch from the facts.