Best Horse Racing Book 2025
Wondering where to find the best horse racing book of 2025? Look no further! Cheltenham Man is the must-have book for all fans of sports books, horse racing autobiographies, and books about gambling. Written by Racing Post columnist and professional punter Moray Smith, Cheltenham Man tells the outrageous tales from Moray’s early days as a gambler and charts his battle with the old enemy and successes in recent years as a professional punter. Disguises, runners, and sheer hard work have helped him relieve the bookmakers of a couple of million since starting in 2007.
He's the man the bookmakers fear, and no longer want to take on. How does he do it? Read the best horse racing book, the best horse racing biography, and the best sports book of 2025 – Cheltenham Man by Moray Smith. It’s three books rolled into one!
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The riotous tale of a life in gambling, seen through the eyes of Moray Smith, one of the UK’s most successful punters.
Introduced to cards and dice games as a boy, his knack for beating the odds soon brought him success with fruit machines, quiz machines, football betting, and even radio phone-ins before finally hitting the big time with horse racing.
Known to bookmakers as “Cheltenham Man”, he has taken millions from their satchels and now advises some of the biggest names in the sport. Follow his escapades – disguises, runners, and more as the old enemy tries to dodge his bets.
Horse Racing Books for Christmas?
From now until Christmas, you can buy multiple copies of Cheltenham Man, the best horse racing book of 2025, and only pay postage for the FIRST book. Provided the books are purchased in the same order, we will send as many as you like for the standard P&P fee. Maybe Dad loves a good horse racing autobiography, or Uncle Bob is a sucker for any good books on gambling. Perhaps you have twelve brothers, and they would all love to receive horse racing books for Christmas! No matter how many friends and family you want to treat to the best horse racing book of 2025, it’s just ONE postage fee.
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‘A proper good read’ - Peter Thomas, Senior Features Writer at the Racing Post
‘Loved It! Interesting, funny and informative’ - FD Cornwall
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