Bet Like a Man - Rupert Mackeson

Sir Hubert Torrington knew better than most that the surest way to win is to cheat. With the backing of the al Hassans - one of the wealthiest and most influential families in racing - the time had come to stage the coup of his life. Abdel al Hassan; rich beyond belief and a phenomenally successful specialist in genetics and cloning, adored his mother above all else. Ever since her humiliating disqualification at Royal Ascot he had been determined to restore her to her rightful place as the Grande Dame of racing. Between Hubey's racing know-how and Abdel's scientific ingenuity, they cook up the coup of all racing coups, an almost infallible way of winning the English Derby, and restoring Madame al Hassan to glory.