The Sure Thing

The fascinating true story of how legendary gambler Barney Curley pulled off the greatest betting scams in horse-racing history. ‘Calls to mind The Italian Job .’ Independent on Sunday The bookies always win. But one man has been proving them wrong for four decades. In 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. They said that it could