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Picking Winners (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R378
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Picking Winners (Paperback, New Ed)

Andrew Beyer

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Mr. Beyer left Harvard to study the Daily Racing Form, write a Washington column on the sport (obsession? - he claims it's not an addiction), and get into the action himself and for a long time he lost at the "toughest game in the world." Here he gives you the benefits of what he's learned about handicapping (not just from books but from talking to all kinds of habitues) and what pays off best: whether it's the appearance of the horse (you can tell by the swish of a tail if he's going to be in there), or the kind of track, or his patterns, or the methodology of his trainers, or "speed figures" (statistics) in which Beyer believes with "religious devotion." It's all there and more - including the fact that both liquor and women have deleterious effects on your own track record. Furlongs of advice and analysis, parlayed into entertaining reading even if you never indulge. (Kirkus Reviews)
Just as football evolved with the introduction of the forward pass and basketball with the development of the jump shot, so too was handicapping forever changed by the use of speed figures--and it all started with Andrew Beyer's Picking Winners. This edition features a new foreword in which the author discusses the changes that have swept the sport since the book's original publication. Picking Winners remains a classic in the field of thoroughbred racing.


General

Imprint: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 1994
First published: May 1994
Authors: Andrew Beyer
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-395-70132-4
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Gambling > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Equestrian & animal sports > Horse racing > General
LSN: 0-395-70132-5
Barcode: 9780395701324

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