The System-Jay Learns to Handicap and Develops a Diversified System [Paperback]

James E. Taze (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

A System for handicapping horse racing. The story is set at racetracks with characters trying various methods. They zig and zag their way until they find a workable System. The first part can be used at any track with little knowledge. It expands to challenge the most experienced handicapper and includes tutorials about Never Beaten Winners, Age Before Beauty, Five-year-old Geldings and much more useful information and data.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

As horseplayers come in all sizes and shapes, I want this book to provide useful handicapping data for more than one select group. For those who have only the desire to learn, I revived my fictional newsletter character, Jay Morgan, and sent him in search of a System. The basic System expands to cover an infinite number of Indirect Influences, sufficient to challenge even the professional handicapper. It's profitability is limited only to the extent it is not used.

About the Author

Jim Taze first developed an interest in thoroughbred racing at age five when his grandmother took him to Pimlico. Racing remained a hobby while he pursued a career as financial analyst and statistician. He worked on NASA contracts at JPL during the daytime while he ran statistics and wrote a column for Research and Rating Report after hours. When he realized that many of the approaches applied in the financial field worked with racing, he left the corporate world in 1985 to devote full time to statistical data and analysis for thoroughbred racing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: Wilber Publishing Company; 2nd edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788009567
• ISBN-13: 978-0788009563
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,862,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some very interesting ideas, February 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The System-Jay Learns to Handicap and Develops a Diversified System (Paperback)

I am a thoroughbred racing fan and the owner of many handicapping books. Although many of these books contain valuable material, others have been just a waste of money. When I first started to read this book, I thought it fell into the latter category, but the more I read, the more interesting it became. Although not all the ideas in this book are easily attainable, there are still many that can be added to a persons handicapping arsenal. The discussions about the morning line, jockey and trainer are the best I've seen. I think this book is worth the money.