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From *Amazon*: When Kelly Hughes rides the favorite into second place, he gets penalized for his trouble. Not only has he lost the race, but also his license, as the Jockey Club suspends him - believing he threw the race. Only he knows that the problem lay with the horse's performance, not his own. Suspecting he was framed, Kelly sets about finding out how it was done, and then who might have done it.
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This story was slow to get going and I wasn't very interested. I just made myself keep reading and hoped it wasn't a complete waste of time. At least these books are short. I usually like the other stories by Dick Francis where there is another mystery involved besides the horse racing (like Comeback). It did finally get more interesting and I was able to finish the book but this is definitely my least favorite book by DF so far.