How Long to Read Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry

How Long Does it Take to Read Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry by Matthew Benns

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Matthew Benns takes us inside the murky world of Australia's racing industry. Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying: "I have got to meet a bloke." Just hours later he was laying dead, in the middle of the road with blood pouring from five bullet wounds to his head and body. Racing in Australia has a dark and dangerous underbelly. Powerful people play for high stakes in an industry worth $14 billion a year. And they don't play nicely. Yearling sales are rigged, horses doped, races fixed and taxes dodged by high rolling punters. Every day huge sums of money are made by bookies who don't want to put any of it back into the industry. Meanwhile jockeys starve and sweat themselves to the point of delirium - many dying or suffering permanent injury while racing for as little as $130 a race. Young female jockeys are raped, often by the trainers they work for. This is the true story every racing fan needs to read. It goes past the glorious image of the Melbourne Cup winner holding his hand aloft to reveal what really goes on in the dark and murky corridors of Australian racing. It tells you about the bent jockeys, cheating trainers, crooked owners and greedy bookies. Everyone wants an angle in racing, this book tells you just how often that means the race is Fixed.

How long is Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry?

Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry by Matthew Benns is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry aloud.

What Reading Level is Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry?

Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder – The Inside Track on Australia’s Racing Industry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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