Product Description

This is the most comprehensive book on handicapping thoroughbred horseracers that has been published in over a decade.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #161748 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Decent
The Quinn compilation is a much better book and doesn't lock you into DRF, which this book does. Some good perspectives from experts on particular elements of handicapping, but geared towards the DRF audience and promotes to them.

A must-own for handicappers.
Victor Mather (ed.), Bet with the Best (DRF Press, 2001)

Handicappers take note: you've read books by the authors in Bet with the Best (most of them, anyway) before. Why should you pick this up? Because the information therein is updated to take into account new information available to all handicappers, newer types of races (e.g., conditioned claiming races), and the proliferation of simulcasting.

Nine authors make appearances here, some of whom are names in the field handicappers equate (or should equate) with some of the field's standard textbooks (Andrew Beyer, Tom Brohamer, Dave Litfin) and some of whom are breaking new ground in the field (Lauren Stich). All are well worth reading. The most notable information updates to be found are in the sections by Tom Brohamer, which offers and excellent easy-to-use technique for eliminating horses in bad pace scenarios, and by James Quinn, who offers a bunch of new information Class of the Field-style for the modern reacetrack.

This one definitely belongs in the handicapper's library. ****

Packs a Punch
Bottom Line: Excellent book, well worth the money. You can go blow $20 bucks on an overbet favourite or buy this book.

The book is packed with a tremendous amount of information from various specialists. I would pay $100 for this book without hesitation.

I did enjoy some chapters more than others. Quinns chapter on conditions and class is truely brilliant. By far the best in this book. I will keep reading it over and over until I commit it to memory.

I also enjoyed the chapter on value handicapping. A real eye opener and thinker.

Beyer is great as always.

I was a little disappointed with the chapter on pace. Very simplistic.

Overall a no-brainer. Just like Funny Cide in the Derby. Hehe.