New Posts For Thread: The Barry Brogan Story - Anyone Recommend?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommendIt's on eBay but relatively expensive.Enjoyable but i feel you need to be able to recall the timescale.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563892719#563892719Enjoyable but i feel you need to be able to recall the timescale.Sat, 23 Mar 2024 02:03:22 -0500www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/the-barry-brogan-story/.......£20https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563891347#563891347www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/the-barry-brogan-story/.......£20Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:39:30 -0500You mean real, bona fide cheating used to go on in the past on an industrial scale - whodathunkit as it was all so perfect then..........https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563888347#563888347You mean real, bona fide cheating used to go on in the past on an industrial scale - whodathunkit as it was all so perfect then..........Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:27:40 -0500Thanks, I think I will leave it for the moment.I would be more interested in the horses than the skulduggery. It sounds as if the book may be slanted in the latter direction? To varying degrees, I am sure the dodgy stuff has always been part of the shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563887959#563887959Thanks, I think I will leave it for the moment.I would be more interested in the horses than the skulduggery. It sounds as if the book may be slanted in the latter direction? To varying degrees, I am sure the dodgy stuff has always been part of the sThu, 21 Mar 2024 06:21:13 -0500Seem to recall there were fleeting mentions of an Irish gambler who left nothing to chance who liked to be referred to as "Kojak", who got rather more infamous in more recent years, real name Barney Curley. Lots of references to the northern jockeyshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563887839#563887839Seem to recall there were fleeting mentions of an Irish gambler who left nothing to chance who liked to be referred to as "Kojak", who got rather more infamous in more recent years, real name Barney Curley. Lots of references to the northern jockeysThu, 21 Mar 2024 05:18:03 -0500It's an interesting read. Still have my hardback copy.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563887565#563887565It's an interesting read. Still have my hardback copy.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:00:52 -0500£25 for 200 pages, many of which are padding according to verbotene liebe, sounds a bit steep. The odd thing is I recognise the cover but can't for the life of me remember anything about its content.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563887519#563887519£25 for 200 pages, many of which are padding according to verbotene liebe, sounds a bit steep. The odd thing is I recognise the cover but can't for the life of me remember anything about its content.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:35:38 -0500Read it on release four decades back but felt there were dollops of embellishment added that were not needed considering the undoubted colourfully wild life he led.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563887323#563887323Read it on release four decades back but felt there were dollops of embellishment added that were not needed considering the undoubted colourfully wild life he led.Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:44:02 -0500Great read!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563886863#563886863Great read!Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:05:17 -0500I heard it was very good.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31836091/the-barry-brogan-story---anyone-recommend?post_id=563886857#563886857I heard it was very good.Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:03:25 -0500