Horse racing may be famously known as the 'sport of kings' but, in
the pursuit of prize money and getting one over the bookies, it
also has attained a notoriety for some underhand, corrupt and
downright illegal practices. Horse racing in Wales is not exempt
from these dodgy dealings and on many occasions has led the way in
it's ingenuity to devise jaw-dropping cons and cunning deceptions.
In The Scams, Scandals and Gambles of Horseracing in Wales, Brian
Lee, the veteran and highly regarded Welsh racing correspondent
has, for the first time, compiled a comprehensive collection of
true stories that reveals Welsh racing's most notorious crooks,
loveable rouges and most infamous scams, including: The Oyster Maid
affair, when a great gambling coup engineered at Tenby in 1927
nearly put paid to horse racing in Wales and was said by the Queen
Mother's jockey, Dick Francis, to have been "the most bitterly
resented betting coup National Hunt racing has ever known". The
astounding story of Am I Blue's when, in 2010, a four-year-old
filly, owned and trained by Aberkenfig's Delyth Thomas, romped home
at Hereford after being backed from 25-1 to 5-1, despite having
woeful form.As one reporter put it: 'There was outrage in some
quarters and amusement in others. ' The elaborate switching of
horses and the cutting of the telegraph wires at Bath races in 1953
which saw well-know Cardiff bookie Gomer Charles jailed for 2 years
for fraud after his syndicate place GBP100k worth of bets on a
'ringer' racehorse that won at 20-1. The Scandals and Gambles of
Horseracing in Wales includes stories both from racing 'under
rules' but also from point-to-point, known as racing
'between-the-flags', as well as flapping (unlicensed racing). The
stories in this enthralling book, in which the reader will meet
many of the rogues of the turf, are informative as well as
fascinating and will appeal to not only horse racing fans but also
readers of true crime.
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