If you want to bet on numbers go to a casino. If you want theatre go to the races - Les Carlyon For decades Walkley award-winning journalist and bestselling author Andrew Rule has been the confidant of the heroes billionaires geniuses scammers and bruisers of the Australian racing world. In Chance Andrew distils decades of intel research and delicious gossip into a fast-paced tour de force detailing some of the most famous moments in Australian racing as well as never previously revealed secrets of the track. With an ear for the colloquial the humorous and the downright absurd Andrew shows readers why this industry has become as much a part of our culture as the ANZAC and how it has come to define a particular strain of the Australian character. There are stories of miraculous wins infamous 'plunges' maverick trainers and generational bookmaking. There is the farrier who repaired a horse's hooves and turned him into a champion; the down-at-heel gambler who invested the change from his meat pie and won the price of a family home in one day on the track; and the famous billionaire who refused to pay his gambling debts. A triumph of good old-fashioned journalism and seasoned storytelling this is a book as much for racing die-hards as it is for lovers of great Australian yarns.
