A thoroughly revised and updated edition of a horse-racing classic provides a complete education in the fine art of handicapping and offers new material in off-track betting, pace analysis, and much more. 15,000 first printing.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Betting Thoroughbreds: A Professional's Guide for the Horseplayer: Second Revised Edition (Reference) (Mass Market Paperback)
This is one of the best handicapping books I have ever read and I have read just about every one...it's not full of get rich quick strategies...just solid handicapping education by someone who has the experience and it shows in the book. I'd recommend this one coupled with Tom Ainslie's book.
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Page after page of handicapping gems.,
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This review is from: Betting Thoroughbreds: A Professional's Guide for the Horseplayer: Second Revised Edition (Reference) (Mass Market Paperback)
From Silky Sullivan to the making of speed figures, and on through "looking through the trainer's window," Steve-O's book has things to teach even when he isn't trying. But most of all, this book is sound on the fundamentals. Handicapping thoroughbreds, as a craft, contains elements of math, intuition, reason and insight all bound up in a chance proposition. Cut down the chance-factors, concentrate on what you understand, and you CAN do well. Davidowitz's book is the first step & easy to read on top of it all.
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Emphasis on "Professional",
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This is an excellent book, fun and easy to read. However, it's not for the novice trying to learn to handicap. Rather, it's for the handicapper who already has a decent grasp of the fundamentals, and is looking for a way to hone up his or her ROI. Filled with concrete examples of trainer moves, track peculiarities, etc., Davidowitz explores the "art" side of handicapping. He leaves you, not with a "system" of handicapping, but a number of different concepts you need to include in your own handicapping process.
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Thanks to television's annual coverage of the Triple Crown events, almost everyone with the vaguest interest in horseracing knows that the horse whose lifetime record is shown above was one of a kind, a champion of his age and one of the greatest racehorses ever to appear on this planet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prime bet, pace handicappers, mutuel prices, selected contenders, pace calculations, track bias, exacta tickets, trainer patterns, final clockings, pace pars, maiden claiming races, mud caulks, partial wheel, pace scenario, track variants, workout line, wagering strategies, wide trip, probable contenders, fractional splits, allowance race, key horse, handicapping tool, par charts, mile clocked Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Santa Anita, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, Bay Meadows, Van Berg, Daily Racing Form, Dance Spell, Easy Goer, Key Race, Honest Pleasure, Sunday Silence, Charles Town, Golden Gate Fields, Last Raced Horse, Seattle Slew, Lord Cardinal, First Leap, Belmont Park, Hall of Fame, Majestic Light, Riva Ridge, Senor Rex, Tabasco Cat, Andy Beyer New!
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Thanks to television's annual coverage of the Triple Crown events, almost everyone with the vaguest interest in horseracing knows that the horse whose lifetime record is shown above was one of a kind, a champion of his age and one of the greatest racehorses ever to appear on this planet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prime bet, pace handicappers, mutuel prices, selected contenders, pace calculations, track bias, exacta tickets, trainer patterns, final clockings, pace pars, maiden claiming races, mud caulks, partial wheel, pace scenario, track variants, workout line, wagering strategies, wide trip, probable contenders, fractional splits, allowance race, key horse, handicapping tool, par charts, mile clocked Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Santa Anita, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, Bay Meadows, Van Berg, Daily Racing Form, Dance Spell, Easy Goer, Key Race, Honest Pleasure, Sunday Silence, Charles Town, Golden Gate Fields, Last Raced Horse, Seattle Slew, Lord Cardinal, First Leap, Belmont Park, Hall of Fame, Majestic Light, Riva Ridge, Senor Rex, Tabasco Cat, Andy Beyer New!
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