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Follow Sid Halley, a former racing authority investigator, who is reluctantly pulled back into the dark underbelly of horse racing after the suspicious death of a prominent figure, Sir Richard Stewart. The tension escalates when Halley's own daughter goes missing, forcing him to confront his past and delve into murky waters of race-fixing and danger. With the stakes higher than ever, every decision could lead to tragic consequences.

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