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The wrong horseMurray, William

The wrong horse

224 pagesFirst published 19922 editions
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The highest gambling wisdom is knowing when to quit. El Lobo, however, had scrambled my brains. I was like a man panning for gold in a riverbed who's just found a big nugget and some ass comes along, waving his arms and shouting that the dam upstream is about to burst. Do you get out of the river? Of course not. William Murray is a man of letters and a horseplayer. As a regular writer for both The New Yorker and the Daily Racing Form, he is a connoisseur of the bon mot. And the sweet two-year-old filly that can go long - and both are plentifully evident in this delightful new book. The Wrong…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionBack Bay Books/Little, Brown1994—9780316591317
EditionSimon & Schuster19922249780671767747
Horse racingHorse-racing