South Africa they recently found underground pipes in the starting gates. The pipes contained compressed air and mini-darts with tranquillisers that could be fired into the horses’ stomachs by pressing a remote control.
Katrine Bratt had informed him that Sigurd Altman was booked into a hotel in Shanghai. It was barely an hour’s flight away.
Harry cast a final glance at the front page of the programme.
Those who know the outcome.
‘It’s just a game.’ Herman Kluit used to say that. Perhaps because he used to win.
Harry looked at his watch, got to his feet and started to walk to the tram. He had been tipped off about a promising horse in the third race.
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