{"product_id":"9781448136148","title":"The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bookies always win. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut one man has been proving them wrong for four decades. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey said that it could never happen again. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut in May 2010, thirty-five years after his first coup, Curley staged the ultimate multimillion pound-winning sequel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sure Thing\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182168162544,"sku":"9781448136148","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448136148_p0.jpg?v=1763826494","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448136148","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}