No Reserve

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‘The unnamed Newmarket based bloodstock sales company depicted in this novel is fictional, but it is inspired by Tattersalls Ltd, the real Newmarket based bloodstock sales company, and I hereby acknowledge, with thanks, the help and encouragement I have received from all the staff at Tattersalls Ltd.’

Horse racing and gambling are intertwined, always have been, always will be. Right from the earliest recorded races at Smithfield, London, in the twelfth century, wagers have been placed on which horse was the fastest.

Racing as we know it today wouldn’t exist without gambling, but the biggest gambles in racing are not placed with a bookmaker or in the betting shops; they occur in the sale rings, where vast sums are staked on untested, unridden, and as-yet-unnamed yearling colts, in the hope they will turn out to be world beaters and future sires of champions.

Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t.

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