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The Great Bookie Stings | Mark Read & Getting Closer

The Great Bookie Stings | Mark Read & Getting Closer

Update: 2019-10-08
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Racecourse plunges are romantic reminders of the golden days of racing, when astute trainers and punters would set horses to beat the bookies and reap massive amounts out of betting rings across the country. Today we hear Mark Read recount the story of Getting Closer winning at Canterbury in a plunge that saw he and connections net over $1 million in 1982. This is the first of a a four-part series featuring some of the best-planned betting coups in Australian racing history.

 

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The Great Bookie Stings | Mark Read & Getting Closer

The Great Bookie Stings | Mark Read & Getting Closer

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