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Lovely copy, Front paper cover clipped. xvi, 181pp. Signed by author. Scare copy An author signed, detailed history made possible by research, anecdotes and discussions with family members of the confederacy. Percy Cunliffe, Wilfred Purefoy, Frank Forester, Edward Wigan and Holmer Peard, the five strong 'league of gentlemen' together installed a brilliant young Irish trainer in Druid's Lodge, an isolated purpose built stable on Salisbury Plain. There the syndicate prepared their string of horses to land a series of massive gambles in big handicaps. It was all very secretive , the stable lads were all locked up in their quarters each night and any snooping tout was sent on his way with a thrashing. This lively account explains the confederates story from the morning when the Confederates' first string was walked across Salisbury Plain, to the Epsom afternoon when a million pound bet was landed in the sensational Suffragette's Derby. It is the story of the English Turf's greatest gamblers.
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