Author: Keith Hoffman Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781490965451 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 80
Book Description
A guide to horse racing that provides information and tips on making smart bets, assessing jockeys, trainers, and horses, understanding race track programs, avoiding common mistakes, and managing funds.
Author: Andrew Beyer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780618871780 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 218
Book Description
This advanced guide to handicapping, which includes a new Foreword by the author, is chock-full of the wit and wisdom that have made Beyer a legend in the sport. The Winning Horseplayeroffers the sophisticated bettor invaluable advice on handicapping and betting. "(Beyer) is the grand guru . . . of handicapping".--Boston Globe
Author: Richard Eng Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0764578405 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
How to enjoy a day at the races-and bet to win! The last two years have seen a record number of Americans tune in for climatic Triple Crown races featuring Smarty Jones and Funny Cide; in 2004, television viewership jumped a whopping 61 percent over the record set in 2003, and the Belmont Stakes race itself drew a record crowd of more than 120,000! This easy-to-understand guide shows first-time visitors to the track how to enjoy the sport of horse racing-and make smart bets. It explains: what goes on at the track what to look for in horses and jockeys how to read a racing form and do simple handicapping how to manage betting funds and make wagers that stand a good chance of paying off. Complete with coverage of off-track and online betting, it's just what anyone needs to play the ponies-and win! Richard Eng (Las Vegas, NV) is a racing writer and handicapper for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a columnist for the Daily Racing Form, and the host of a horseracing radio program in Las Vegas. He was formerly a part of the ABC Sports team that covered the Triple Crown.
Author: Ken Osterman Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781095228524 Category : Languages : en Pages : 119
Book Description
The methods and angles that follow have been among Ken Osterman's favorites over the years. They have been developed and tested on races at racetracks all over the country. There are systems that cover all three main breeds of horse racing: thoroughbreds, quarter horses, and standardbreds. The rules of the handicapping angle are clearly explained and easy to find horses that qualify for a bet. There are a couple of systems that use that tote board and require no past performances. These are systems that Ken Osterman has used successfully at race and sports books. The rules for each system are clearly explained, so it is understood why they work. Tips for improving these systems are also provided. Here is the list of the systems Thoroughbred 1 Best Jockey - Long Shot Method 2 Bet the Fastest Horse 3 The B6 Sprint System for Thoroughbreds 4 A Beaten Favorite System 5 Class on the Turf 6 The New Low Claiming Price Angle 7 The Route Speed Method 8 Three Strikes and You're Out - A Maiden Claiming Route Angle 9 An Australian Thoroughbred Betting Method - Show a profit down under Quarter Horse 10 The Hidden Speed Horse Angle 11 The Quarter Horse Speed Index Method 12 A Quarter Horse Elimination Method Harness racing 13 The Qualifier Advantage 14 Morning Line Overlay 15 The Quick Rating Method for Harness Racing 16 The Non-Winners of X Races Lifetime Angle Tote Board Methods 17 Tote Board Magic 18 Tote Board Magic II 19 Betting Favorites Using the Modified d'Alembert Betting Method
Author: Andrew Beyer Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9780395701324 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
A classic guide to handicap strategies in the field of thoroughbred racing 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. With a foreword discussing the changes that have swept horse racing since the book's original publication in 1975, Picking Winners is essential reading both for serious horseplayers and curious amateurs.
Author: Donald B. Hausch Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 9812819193 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 679
Book Description
A reprint of one of the classic volumes on racetrack efficiency, this book is the only one in its field that deals with the racetrack betting market in-depth, containing all the important historical papers on racetrack efficiency. As evidenced by the collection of articles, the understanding of racetrack betting is clearly drawn from, and has correspondingly returned something to, all the fields of psychology, economics, finance, statistics, mathematics and management science.
Author: Christian Blake Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781793440051 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 58
Book Description
This short book reveals three scenarios where long shots can be found at the race track. All three scenarios are explained in detail, and a step by step process for analyzing each one is also provided in order to help you determine whether or not the long shot is playable. Once you know how to find these potential long shots, you'll have another tool in your handicapping arsenal. Play these horses to win or use them for your exotics. This book is intended for experienced handicappers. This digital book is a work of non-fiction by Christian Blake and is 6,700 words in length.If you had read this book, you could have hit these long shots: Madi Two Shoes $115.20 $39.20 $14.20Deity (GB) $24.20 $13.20 $9.80Pocket Prince $91.00 $29.40 $16.60Black Tornado $12.20 $6.20 $4.80Tummel $18.40 $6.20 $3.80Wild In The Saddle $19.60 $7.80 $4.60
Author: Zura Kakushadze Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3030027929 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 480
Book Description
The book provides detailed descriptions, including more than 550 mathematical formulas, for more than 150 trading strategies across a host of asset classes and trading styles. These include stocks, options, fixed income, futures, ETFs, indexes, commodities, foreign exchange, convertibles, structured assets, volatility, real estate, distressed assets, cash, cryptocurrencies, weather, energy, inflation, global macro, infrastructure, and tax arbitrage. Some strategies are based on machine learning algorithms such as artificial neural networks, Bayes, and k-nearest neighbors. The book also includes source code for illustrating out-of-sample backtesting, around 2,000 bibliographic references, and more than 900 glossary, acronym and math definitions. The presentation is intended to be descriptive and pedagogical and of particular interest to finance practitioners, traders, researchers, academics, and business school and finance program students.
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