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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Equestrian & animal sports > Horse racing
The image of the Derby winner with his leg in plaster was broadcast
around the world. Alongside Mill Reef stood a baby-faced man who
had won the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and now the Derby.
He trained for the Queen and Queen Mother, and Lester Piggott,
Willie Carson and Frankie Dettori all rode for him, but where had
he come from and how had he got there? Ian Balding's story is one
of heartbreaking loss and outrageous good luck. He left Cambridge
without a degree but with a rugby blue, and became one of the
outstanding amateur sportsmen of his generation. Balding's
burgeoning talent was quickly noticed and he was soon running Peter
Hastings-Bass' stables at Kingsclere. Ian had no money and no
experience of running a business, but he learnt fast. In Making the
Running, Ian Balding reveals the pressure of maintaining the pace
and shares the highs and lows of the sport of kings.
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
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 "
How badly do you want to be a successful horse player? Are you
passionate and ready to step up to the next level? Start by
thinking of yourself as a horseplayer and think of playing the
horses as a business. Bill Peterson has been playing the races for
decades and will guide you race by race through the process of
finding the right races to play, evaluating the runners, creating a
hierarchy of probability, and finally, matching the right win or
exacta bet to the race. This is not a book of theory, but an actual
workbook that will teach you the complete process. You will learn
to avoid some races while playing the races that you have a chance
to win. Learn to handicap the race to determine each horse's
ability and then match the right betting strategy to the race with
this complete guide.
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