Word: fradd
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...horse racing, however, even the most polished institution can get a little mud on its linen. The arrival of the Year of the Horse finds the Jockey Club bogged down in its worst gambling scandal in memory. Last month, two of the club's top jockeys, South African Robbie Fradd and Irishman John Egan, were called in for questioning in a race-fixing investigation conducted by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption. According to the ICAC, a four-month probe called Operation Green turned up evidence that racing professionals were providing inside information to illegal bookmakers and manipulating...