When an ambitious young Hollywood director sets out to document an insider view of what takes place on the backside of a Thoroughbred racetrack, the story he uncovers at Nottingham Downs is not quite what he expected to find. On the contrary.... Ben Miller says it all comes down to the integrity of the people involved. "If they don't have a genuine love for horses, they need to get out of the business. They don't belong here. It's as simple as that." "The continuing story into the lives of the memorable behind-the-scenes characters horseracing fans have come to know and love: Book Four of the Winning Odds Series Soon to be a Movie is a hit "

Through years of experimenting and altering the formula has produced more WINNERS, EXACTAS, TRIFECTAS, and SUPERFECTAS than ever before. And now after field testing the formula and reaping the rewards Joseph Peter has decided to share it. As you will find out, you don't need bogus tips and results from tipsters for 12 tracks. Instead, all you need is good information from one track to have a successful night. What does this translate to? Actually winning money.

"There's a line that runs alongside our ordinary lives, just beyond the grind of things. Jason Beem's novel Southbound derails your ordinary life and shoots you into the thrill, rush, and dark brutal truths of gambling and racing. And he doesn't flinch. A glorious and visceral book. I sweat reading it."-Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water and Dora: A Headcase.

Based on author Jason Beem's own painful journey with a gambling addiction, Southbound follows Ryan McGuire, a horse racing announcer who faces his gambling demons on a daily basis. Just one bet could cost him everything...his job, his friends, his fans, his girlfriend, and even his own life. Despite knowing that all he loves is on the line, he succumbs to his vices and his life quickly spirals out of control. He's on a straight path southbound to rock bottom and only he has the power to stop it.

"A gritty fearless portrayal of a man in the midst of a gambling breakdown. A relapse to end all relapses. It's as horrifying as it is intense and written with a lean sharp eye."--Willy Vlautin, author of The Free and The Motel Life

"Jason Beem's Southbound begins with the drama of a close horse race - and it never lets up from there. Beem has written a smart, perceptive novel - one that is about the difficulties of addiction and recovery - but also about the yearning for love, and the ways people fill the vacancies in their lives. It's saturated with the sensory joys of the race track, and a pleasure to read." -Pauls Toutonghi, Pushcart Prize winning author of Evel Knievel Days and Red Weather

The moving story of a tough little horse, a gifted boy, and a woman ahead of her time.
The youngest jockey, the smallest horse, and an unconventional heiress who disliked publicizing herself. Together, near Liverpool, England, they made a leap of faith on a spring day in 1938: overriding the jockey's father, trusting the boy and the horse that the British nicknamed "the American pony" to handle a race course that newspapers called Suicide Lane. There, Battleship might become the first American racer to win England's monumental, century-old Grand National steeplechase. His rider, Great Britain's Bruce Hobbs, was only seventeen years old.
Hobbs started life with an advantage: his father, Reginald, was a superb professional horseman. But Reg Hobbs also made extreme demands, putting Bruce in situations that horrified the boy's mother and sometimes terrified the child. Bruce had to decide just how brave he could stand to be.
On the other side of the Atlantic, the enigmatic Marion duPont grew up at the estate now known as James Madison's Montpelier--the refuge of America's "Father of the Constitution." Rejecting her chance to be a debutante, denied a corporate role because of her gender, Marion chose a pursuit where horses spoke for her. Taking on the world's toughest race, she would leave her film-star husband, Randolph Scott, a continent away and be pulled beyond her own control. With its reach from Lindbergh's transatlantic flight to Cary Grant's Hollywood, "Battleship" is an epic tale of personal drive to test one's own true worth.

"I've experienced racing from the hooves up, rage from the inside out and redemption from heaven down," says author Eddie Donnally, an ordained minister, endorsed chaplain and the only former jockey to win an Eclipse Award for Outstanding Newspaper Writing. An electric jockey with a juice machine, he rode on racing's undercard, lived inside its underbelly and became a part of its underworld. From constant bulimia, broken bones and betrayal of Boston's infamous Winter Hill Gang, he depicts an unseen side of Thoroughbred racing. Yet the five tons of his sweat that disappeared down "hot box" drains was nothing compared to his struggles with sibling sexual trauma, same-sex promiscuity and an addiction to crack cocaine that in seven months took him from sports writing and TV show hosting to grooming horses on a track's backstretch. "I still dream of having a racehorse between my knees and love the people in horse racing." he says. "But it was time to tell my truth about it. Seconds after a race fixing gangster slugged me, a pro hit man told me that he planned to kill me and put my naked body on Boston's Suffolk Downs backstretch as a warning to other jockeys." Starting in 1962, he rode for 19-years in some 10,000 races, winning over 1,000. Arrested for Sports Bribery in 1979 for a fixed race he won in 1974, he was forced to fend off the FBI who pressured him to collaborate their star witness's testimony, as well as Boston's Winter Hill Gang members who would kill him if he did. Still, in 1980 he became a track publicity director and for seven years wrote horse racing for the Dallas Morning News. But a suicide attempt, a bipolar diagnosis and stays in two psyche wards were brief stops on a journey of self destruction that eventually landed him in jail. After God's Shekinah Glory lit up his holding cell in 1996, he moved to the Los Angeles Dream Center, the former Queen of Angels Hospital turned city of refugee for the homeless and hopeless. Less than five years after leaving jail, he became a licensed Foursquare Minister and then Development Director for Race Track Chaplaincy of America, which places chaplains at horse tracks. In 2009 he returned to seminary, earned a Doctorate of Ministry and after a 16-month hospital residency works as a chaplain at a hospice and two hospitals near Clearwater, FL where he lives with his wife Sandi. "As a jockey, I used highly illegal, hand-held electrical prods on horses in races. I threw up ten times a day to make weight, sweated off tons and broke 13 bones. I acted out as a bisexual, manic depressive, crack cocaine addicted sportswriter. Even today when I read what I wrote about the literally insane life I lived, the same old shivers ripple up my spine. Only though a series of God's miracles am I'm still alive to tell it at all." "I rode Revelation's pale horse from hell and one day I'll ride across heaven following Jesus on Revelation's other white horse." In conjunction with the book, he is writing a blog, "Recovery in Racing," which profiles horse racing's best known members of its recovering community. Check out the book's website, www.Ridethewhitehorse.org Contact him at Ridethewhitehorse1@gmail. com

Vegas Pros BEST Racing Angles is based on the author's 25-plus years in gambling, betting and WINNING thoroughbred horse races. This is a condensed Manual that is best for experienced horseplayers only. The Angles shown are the result of many years of experience and intensive research. Thousands of hours and thousands of dollars have been spent to locate, test, develop, and prove these Angles. Average odds on winning bets range between 8 and 9 to 1. READER REVIEWS "I really liked "Vegas Pro's Best Racing Angles," and I've already used it several times, making far more than the book's very reasonable price already." ..". the angles it shows you really do work." "I found the chapter on "How to bet them" to be great. It clearly showed me how I should be betting, and why buying tickets on favorites was a losing game." "And I can state unequivocally that his information does work, because I have used it now for several months, and made a profit using his 3 Angles." "Makes me money. I just use the 3 Angles the book shows. Not complicated at all, really." "Oh boy A book on race betting that really works. I've got about a hundred books on that subject. This one, the "Vegas Pro's Best Racing Angles," beats them all. Good solid, useable information." "All the material in that book was written by someone who knows what he was talking about, and for me that makes "Vegas Pro's Best Racing Angles" a real winner." "When I went to the track before, or even online, I would bet every race. I thought, if you don't have a bet down you can't win. Great theory, but it just costed me a lot of green. So now I just follow the rules laid out in "Vegas Pro's Best Racing Angles" and not try to reinvent the wheel. It works. I'm definitely ahead since I have done that. "Vegas Pro's Best Racing Angles" is a good book which delivers what it says." Are you betting every race? Trying to grind out a living? That is way too much work and way too hard on the pocket book, not to mention the nerves. Follow these angles and consistently win. Focus on winning bets with good odds. Cut down on the trips to the betting window and increase the trips to the winner's circle and great payoffs. The author's records show a consistent long term Return on Investment (ROI) of over 2.0. That is an IMMEDIATE return. In cash. Payoffs from about $18 to $20 based on the standard $2 bet. Chapters include information on: > The 3 Winning Angles > The race types in which the Angles work best > How to bet them > Making use of the proven Kelly Criterion betting approach formula > Practical forms to use for bets, winnings, and trainer/jock notes Vegas Pros BEST Racing Angles is a proven and profitable system for betting and WINNING on the horses. Vegas Pros BEST Racing Angles is available now. Order your copy today and get advance information on a very Special Report: "3 year old racehorses are different -- And you should bet them differently." Order now and you'll get instant access to this valuable, money-making insider information.

Alfred Pollock knew at age eight that he wanted to race horses. By the time he was in high school, he had already designed a course for sneaking out of Commerce High School on the Upper Westside of New York City. He arrived with binoculars, a racing form, and betting money, but sneaked stealthily down the steps and out the doors to the racetracks. Reviewing his doo-day days-a term from Stephen Foster's famous song, "Camptown Races"-Pollock combines a natural flair for finding the irony and absurdity in each event. Readers will be magnetized by Pollock's retelling of his uproarious, rib-tickling adventures-some raucous, some surreal, many unbelievable. Add to those scenes his ingenious reworking of and commenting on the rich language he encounters, and you have one remarkable personal testimony based on tenacious perseverance.

You will never look at a Thoroughbred yearling or racehorse in the same way.
Based on bone structure, muscle and levering. This book explains the key body parts, and how they apply to distance-gearing, ability, athleticism, etc. Begins with the basics in layman terms building the reader's knowledge and confidence, and only then moves on to advanced detail.
Learning how sets of bones function such as the elbow and shoulder joints, wither and stifle-set, fore and hind, and much more. Simply explained with images to help the learning process.
Purchase yearlings with the critical 'racehorse specific' traits. Identify yearlings as potential precocious 2yos, early types that will train on or, improving classic types. Quickly spot obscured weaknesses and strengths that many experts miss.
Thought provoking and innovative. The book is not based on the traditional veterinary or classic textbook theory - you may not agree with everything you read, but it will get you thinking.
Written side by side with a trainer specifically to be understood by those who are coming from a basic conformation/levering knowledge base.

An often hilarious and sometimes poignant look at over thirty years of working in and around the betting industry through the eyes of Andrew Dunn, a betting shop manager since 1977, who has put down in print, numerous tales and anecdotes of people he has met in a variety of situations, some more ludicrous than others

HERE is the long-awaited second compilation of personality profiles from South African horseracing history by Charl Pretorius, a read that brims with fascinating articles and insights from his column, Legends Of The Turf, which ran for seven years in Johannesburg's morning daily, The Citizen. There's something in here for everyone - the story of Syd Laird and Sea Cottage; former Champion Jockey Andrew Fortune's battle with drugs and his incredible journey back to the top; the forgotten champ Raymond Rhodes and his association with the wonder horse Hawaii; training greats Peter Kannemeyer and Stan Greeff, and many others. Legends Of The Turf Volume 2 includes a number of vintage photographs that will bring tears to many eyes; four bonus profiles, including an interview with veteran jockey Felix Coetzee by Equus Award winner Robyn Louw, as well as Charl's absorbing account of an afternoon at the Lost City spent in the company of visiting Frankie Dettori, the flamboyant global superstar. Charl has dedicated much of his work in racing to preserving the memory of individuals (and horses) that served the sport with distinction. As always, his passion for his subjects captivates, enlightens and entertains.

Finally just published this First in the World One of Kind Unique Best Desktop One Stop Ultimate Reference never published before Guide to get your beginner or advanced gambling and horse betting skills and win thousands dollars in winning bets daily. This sensational book is filed with Inside Secrets, professional players and handicapper expertise from Top professionals This spectacular Book would also reveal very popular myths, lies, misconceptions the professional horse bettors and horse handicappers do not want You to know How would You like to make small totally symbolic one time investments of only $2.00(less than you pay for cup of coffee at Starbucks) with guaranteed simple, easy, fast winnings of $10000 or more on horse races betting at Kentucky Derby, other triple crown races, breeders cup races? Wow This is much better, faster, simple, easy than unsuccessfully play lottery, poker or to do real life investing Are You looking for money to invest? In reality You could Do More Investments then in buying stocks with those winnings

"Smarter Bets the Exacta Way" is designed to teach you the principals and art of betting exactas. This simple process contains solid handicapping strategies to help you to identify the best horses to include in your all your wagers. As a long time horse racing enthusiast, horse owner and Kentucky Derby fan, Keith will share with you all the information you need to make a higher return on your investments. You will learn Keith's formula to identifying top contenders to include in all your bets, including how to analyze a race with positive results. Included are personal experiences and exacta wagering in the Kentucky Derby. Learn all the solid handicapping strategies to cashing more winning tickets. Whether you are novice at handicapping or think you know what you are doing, this book will teach you what you need to know in simple language. Included in this book are chapters in understanding the exacta bets, evaluating your horses and choosing the best options to maximize your profits. Train yourself, condition yourself and prepare yourself to produce the ultimate payoff.

Can dreams really foretell the winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Super Bowl? One person who thinks so is author Hugh Mitchell, who for many years combined a career as newspaper reporter and copy editor with a passion for betting the horses based on dreams and psychic messages. In this memoir he traces the history of horse dreaming from an Irish journalist, a member of the House of Lords, to an English electrical engineer who was so successful that he named his house for a horse. Mitchell moves from Boston to the West Coast, which he finds more receptive to ESP research. He tries sports betting and is successful in three out of four major sports. While some researchers encourage his quest, the author himself worries about the ethics of using psychic ability for gambling. He sits in on healing circles in Berkeley and Boston and enrolls in a course on spiritual healing.

"Bev Pettersen writes with flair and a down-to-earth warmth that will make you smile and sigh with contentment." - Julianne MacLean, USA TODAY bestselling author "Bev Pettersen is firmly on my must-buy list. Her books sweep you away to the world of Thoroughbred racing, and her cast of jockeys, horse trainers, and grooms are loveable and unforgettable. Color My Horse was a page turner. When I finished it, I wanted more." - Hope Ramsay, best-selling author of Home at Last Chance A disillusioned heiress swaps her credit cards for a pitchfork and shovel in a desperate attempt to escape her grandfather's iron-fisted control. However, at the track she must earn the respect of an uncompromising horse trainer who has little tolerance for greenhorns...especially one he's been forced to hire. Mark Russell never expected his rookie groom to have the spunk or savvy to last at his demanding race barn. Or that his reluctant respect would turn to desire. But as the forbidden attraction between them sizzles, manipulation and murder threaten not only his horses but also their lives. And suddenly a Breeders' Cup win is the very least of his worries. INCLUDES Excerpt from Bev Pettersen's "Fillies and Females" Release Date Nov, 2011.

Born to win his owners money, "Just Another Race Horse" follows Sonny's journey through the world of thoroughbred racing. You'll cry, as Sonny talks about his experiences with the dark side of horse racing - where being drugged, overworked, and exploited is considered normal for many horses. You'll cheer as he experiences his rescue at the hands of a compassionate horse person. Do you love horses? Want to enjoy his second chance at life? You've got to read Sonny's story.

This is a Special Edition. In this book the Author shows the 2012 Top 10 Sires and what made them stand out above the others and why The book tells you about the large heart horses with an extensive list of the horses that carry the large (Xh) gene and how having them in the right position in your horse's pedigree can improve your chance of producing the great runner that could be a Triple Crown contender The author also shows you tell-tale signs in a horse's conformation that carry the large heart gene. Showing the look in mares that are single copy or double copy mares and the signs seen in large heart stallions. The large heart in horses can make them have the stamina to go the distance and excel over the other horses. Showing how combining the large heart gene horses, with the sire line nicks, the female family nicks, balancing your pedigree for speed and stamina and breeding for the best balanced conformation traits and soundness, can give your horses a real edge in the racing world.

STOP RIGHT THERE AS SOON AS CHAMPION JOCKEY CHRIS ANTLEY AND SERENA JADE LOCK EYES, THEIR SOULS RECOGNIZE ONE ANOTHER...A TRUE SOUL MATE EXPERIENCE Envision the beauty that would come from a true, pure, and authentic spiritual connection with another soul. It is what each of us longs for, but very few attain. Serena Jade is among those fortunate enough to have experienced such a connection.That love is found with Chris Antley, professional jockey and Kentucky Derby champion. Join Chris Antley and Serena Jade on a sweeping saga as synchronicity guides them to consciously realize their deep and profound connection.Set against the backdrop of the exciting horse racing industry and Serena Jade's exotic travels

Horse Racing: Gamble & Win is based on the author's 25-plus years in gambling and betting on thoroughbred horse races. He has bet on horses in the: U.S Canada Mexico England Germany The Middle and Far East He has bet at tracks and race books, and has been computer betting for the last dozen years. He has bet and won on fast surfaces, on turf, and on wet or even muddy tracks. If you want to bet to win, follow the system that has worked for over 25 years and you can bet like a pro too. It is easy to understand and easy to follow. Betting on the horses becomes clear and easy when you follow the system. It will not automatically show a profit on any one specific day. It may even show red figures for a few days. But over a minimum of say 35-40 races it will be in the black profit column. And you will be able to gamble and win at horse racing regularly. The author's records show a consistent long term Return on Investment (ROI) of about 1.24. That means that every dollar bet, or gambled, has returned a profit of 24%. Immediately. In cash. Watching and wagering on beautiful thoroughbred horses is one of the world's most popular sporting activities. By using this Special Report, readers will be able to gamble and win. Chapters include information on: Betting on the horses Gambling, winning, and following the system How to pick races to bet What odds you need to make a (good) bet How to bet to win, place, or exotic Computer betting How much to bet: Using the effective Kelly Criterion formula The types of races (maiden, claimer, handicap, etc.) Importance of jockeys, trainers, weights, equipment changes Forms to use for your horse racing notes Horse Racing: Gamble & Win is a proven and profitable system for betting on the horses.

Those who have lived - not just witnessed - the efflorescence of a pivotal culture moment never see the world through veiled eyes again. Jimmy Lyons was there, devising wholly original inventions of words and music while the Beats, the neo-folk troubadours, the post-bop jazz shooting stars, and the tie-dyed psychedelic rockers were scorching through the underbrush and opening new paths of creativity as alternatives to the increasingly bottom line-driven mainstream. Lyons, though, wasn't content to find a niche in one countercultural movement or another. He kept moving, observing, and writing new poems, stories, and songs. But he never gave up on the wry sophistication of the classic American popular song. Indeed, he has dedicated himself to infusing the same hallowed forms perfected by Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and others, with his singular fantasias of ingeniously colored and textured wordplay.

These plays have a subtext only Lyons can provide, derived from what he calls the "rituals of the road" and the "the circular rhythms" of the race track, the beats and pulses of everyday American life that rarely raise a ripple on the surface of American culture. Lyons hears the screams and dreams of his countrymen and woman; from them he creates new modes of expression. He has been changed by each of his open-hearted an open-eared encounters, and this body of work is his way of making those changes sing and swing. - Derk Richardson