The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History

The Bookies Always Win. But One Man Has Been Proving Them Wrong For Four Decades. In The Summer Of 1975 Barney Curley, A Fearless And Renowned Gambler, Masterminded One Of The Most Spectacular Gambles Of All Time With A Racehorse Called Yellow Sam. It Cost The Bookmakers Millions Of Pounds. They Said That It Could Never Happen Again. But In May 2010, Thirty-five Years After His First Coup, Curley Staged The Ultimate Multimillion Pound-winning Sequel. The Sure Thing Tells The Complete Story Of How He Managed To Organise The Biggest Gamble In Racing History – And How He Then Followed Up With Yet Another Audacious Scheme In January 2014.