Author(s): Kevin Perkins

Pre-Loved Books | Sport | Horse Racing

First released in hardback in 1993, this is the biography of Tommy Smith, the uneducated bush boy who worked his way from the age of seven to become one of the world's most successful horse trainers. The author, a former investigative reporter on Sydney newspapers, has written several best-selling biographies including 'The Larwood Story', 'Menzies, Last of the Queen's Men' and 'The Gambling Man', about the Waterhouse bookmaking dynasty.