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Shane Jacobson

Shane Jacobson is a multi-award winning actor and entertainer who has worked in film, television, theatre and radio for over 30 years with some of the biggest names in the business, including Geoffrey Rush, Jeremy Clarkson, Bryan Brown and Hugo Weaving. His notable credits include The Bourne Legacy, Charlie & Boots with Paul Hogan, Jack Irish with Guy Pearce, the hit family film Oddball, The Dressmaker with Kate Winslet and his Helpmann award-winning performance in the theatrical classic Guys and Dolls.

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Title:: The Fine Cotton Fiasco (MP3)
Written by:: Peter Hoysted; Pat Sheil
Read by:: Shane Jacobson
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 6 hours 56 minutes
MP3 size:: 286 MB
Published:: August 20 2019
Available Date:: August 20 2019
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9780655618706
Genres:: Non-fiction; Sport
Publisher:: Bolinda/Penguin Audio Australia

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The behind the scenes account of Australia's dodgiest horse race.

Brisbane, 1984. It all started with a simple plan to secretly swap a mediocre horse with a faster one, and rake in the cash with a few well-placed bets. What could possibly go wrong? In The Fine Cotton Fiasco, Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil brilliantly tell the scarcely believable tale of how – through a combination of horrendous mismanagement, terrible judgement and comically bad luck – the scheme gradually unravelled. How did a horse with white painted socks dripping onto the turf come to hold the hopes of punters across Australia and beyond? How was a supposedly secret plan so widely advertised that even the Queensland Commissioner of Police placed a bet? And how much of a cover-up ensued in the aftermath of this absolute debacle? The story of Fine Cotton is the stuff of Australian legend. It features hardcore crims, likeable rogues and a supporting cast that ranged from the hapless to the hopeless – with some entirely innocent bystanders thrown in for good measure. Not every crazy scheme cooked up by a couple of inmates in Boggo Road Gaol would culminate in a story that will be told across the nation for the next hundred years. But this one did.