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the inside story of the biggest coup in horse racing history

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the inside story of the biggest coup in horse racing history

Barney Curley is a legendary punter who scooped £2m in a recent betting coup. He also made a similar fortune four years ago in an audacious plot with echoes of The Italian Job. Curly has owned pubs and managed pop bands. A new book reveals he assembled a team of betting hitmen. They deluge a string of bookmakers across London with bets at long odds. The plot was written with the cooperation of many of the gang. They were in civilian clothes to avoid their faces being recognised in betting shops. It was a date when the sporting calendar was relatively unexciting.

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the inside story of the biggest coup in horse racing history

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A legendary punter believed to be ­behind a recent betting coup that scooped £2million also took the bookies to the cleaners four years earlier in an audacious plot with echoes of The Italian Job. Barney Curley is staying tight-lipped about the day last month when four horses were heavily backed as outsiders and rocked the racing world by all…
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