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It’s summer, Royal Ascot, and life is good for young trainer Simon Waterford. He has inherited his father’s top-class yard, his brilliant two-year-old has just won the Coventry Stakes and he is soon to marry his beautiful half-Brazilian girlfriend. But Mariana has a secret which would wreck her hopes of marriage – and which Geoff has found out. And he has threatened to tell Simon. On their way back from the races, two rough-looking young men pass lewd comments about Mariana. There’s not much of a brawl – it’s over too quickly and is hardly even-handed – but it leaves Mariana in a sea of blood tending to Simon’s wounded face and Geoff lies dead on the floor. It’s a tragedy, of course, but Mariana can’t help but feel relieved. Her secret is safe, for now…
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