Download or read book Real life Handicapping written by Dave Litfin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only an indispensable primer for horseplayers wagering on Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga simulcasts for the first time, but for anyone trying to beat the tough New York circult. Within the context of a year-long handicapping odyssey. Litfin alerts readers to the biases (on both dirt and turf) of each track as well as to perennially profitable trainer and shipper angles.
Download or read book Horseplayers written by Ted McClelland and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun and witty exposé of horse racing in America goes behind the scenes at the track, providing a serious gambler's-eye view of the action. Ted McClelland spent a year at tracks and off-track betting facilities in Chicago and across the country, profiling the people who make a career of gambling on horses. This account follows his personal journey of what it means to be a horseplayer as he gambles with his book advance using various betting and handicapping strategies along the way. A colourful cast of characters is introduced, including the intensely disciplined Scott McMannis, "The Professor," a one-time college instructor who now teaches a course in handicapping, and Mary Schoenfeldt, a former nun and gifted handicapper who donates all of her winnings to charity. This moving account of wins, losses, and personal turmoil provides a realistic look at gamblers, gambling, and life at the track.
Download or read book Self Handicapping written by Raymond L. Higgins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of self-handicapping can be legitimately anchored in a vari ety of intellectual contexts, some old and some newer. As this volume reminds us, Alfred Adler was perhaps the first to articulate the signifi cance of various self-defeating claims and gestures for protecting the self concept. Thus the apparent paradox of "defeat" in the interests of "pro tection. " More recently (but still more than 30 years ago), Heider's "naive psychology" added attributional rhetoric to the description of self-defeat ing strategies. While predominantly cognitive in its thrust, the attribu tional approach incorporated several motivational influences-especially those involving egocentric concerns. Heider hardly violated our common sense when he suggested that people are inclined to attribute their performances in a self-serving manner: the good things I caused; the bad things were forced upon me. The notion of self-handicapping strategies, proposed by Berglas and myself a little more than a decade ago, capitalized on these homely truths while adding a particular proactive twist. We not only make ex cuses for our blunders; we plan our engagements and our situational choices so that self-protective excuses are unnecessary. In doing so, we use our attributional understanding to arrange things so that flawed and failing performances will not be interpreted in ways that threaten our self-esteem.
Download or read book Dave Litfin s Expert Handicapping written by Dave Litfin and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to combine information on class, form, speed, pace, and trainers to develop a winning betting strategy
Download or read book Handicapping Magic Michael Pizzolla s Amazing Techniques for Winning at the Race Track written by Michael Pizzolla and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handicapping 101 written by Brad Free and published by Daily Racing Form Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics is an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers present original contributions to our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing approaches to normative ethics (including moral realism, constructivism, and expressivism) to questions of how we should act and live well. OSNE will be an essential resource for scholars and students working in moral philosophy.
Download or read book Handicapping 101 written by Brad Free and published by Daily Racing Form Press. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The handicapper is taught to master the nuts and bolts of handicapping by understanding today's advanced past performances, thus gaining a significant edge on the betting public.
Download or read book The Winning Horseplayer written by Andrew Beyer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1994 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winning Horseplayer, together with Beyer on Speed and Picking Winners, completes Andrew Beyer's triple crown. This advanced guide to handicapping is liberally spiced with the wit and wisdom that have made Beyer a legend in the sport.
Download or read book Handicapping for Bettor Or Worse written by John Lindley and published by Eclipse Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bettor's guide to handicapping racehorses teaches horse players how to use all the available information to form their own system. Explains the advantages and drawbacks in current popular handicapping methods.
Download or read book Bet to Win written by Bobby Zen and published by Bet To Win!. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an instruction manual to finding winners at the races, including worksheets!"--Back cover
Download or read book Beating the Odds written by Brandon Lang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches true life story of acclaimed sports tout Brandon Lang, subject of the motion picture Two for the Money (Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey). Beating the Odds describes in vivid, colorful detail Lang’s rise from small time sports-phone tout to big time national exposure, his dramatic fall, and his subsequent rebirth in the internet age. Also describes the series of improbable events, while working as a golf caddie in Los Angeles, that eventually led Lang to the optioning of his story to Hollywood and the making of Two for the Money.
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide To Handicapping The Horses written by Joseph J. Tuttle and published by tuttleshak. This book was released on 2010-01-10 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently revised from the Mid-February edition as of 11/01/08. I've made a very concerted effort to try and incorporate as much pertinent horsemanship knowledge into the chapters; as a way to better serve the novice; average, or below average horseplayer. I truly believe that after reading this book, you will immediately come away with a better sense of yourself (as a horseplayer), and will soon realize where exactly it is you want to be as a horseplayer. Or, you might have a wonderful epiphany and realize that maybe you too can become a more successful horseplayer. Maybe, a "professional"! I must admit that if you're taking yourself at all seriously, you are also going to need my newest horse handicapping book... "The Tuttle Way" or "The Tuttle Way II". are a bit more advanced, and it can only help further your development as a Horseplayer.
Download or read book The Power of Early Speed written by Steve Klein and published by Elements of Handicapping. This book was released on 2005 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shares his insights into the role of early front-running ability in racing, demonstrating how this particular trend can help determine the lifetime success of a horse. Original.
Download or read book Sports Handicapping written by John Patrick and published by Centron Software. This book was released on 1997 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My 50 000 Year at the Races written by Andrew Beyer and published by HMH. This book was released on 1980-04-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Harvard dropout’s memoir of playing the horses—a great read for handicappers or those who enjoyed Ben Mezrich’s Bringing Down the House. In 1977, before he was known as the creator of “The Beyer Speed Figure,” Andrew Beyer set out on a gambling odyssey, determined to prove himself as a horseplayer. He would marshal all his handicapping skills for assaults on four racetracks: Gulfstream Park, Pimlico, Saratoga, and the Barrington Fair. The then thirty-three-year-old Harvard dropout had the credentials for this undertaking: two years earlier, his book Picking Winners had won a claim from bettors and critics alike. But the theory of handicapping and the practice of it are two very different things, and Beyer did all he could to prepare himself for this new challenge. He consulted with other professional horseplayers. He undertook detailed analyses of trainers and their methods. He refined his speed-handicapping techniques. He developed a revolutionary method for evaluating horses shipped from one track to another. He formulated a bold betting strategy. During the year, he experienced the dizzying thrill of winning more than $10,000 in an afternoon, and agonizing frustration that drove him to bash a hole in the wall of the Gulfstream Park press box. When it was over, Beyer had amassed a profit of $50,664. His account of the year offers a rare, unromanticized look at the world of professional gambling. For horseplayers who have dreamed of beating the races, he proves that the dream is, sometimes, attainable. And he explains, in specific detail, how it can be done. There are no gimmicks in My $50,000 Year at the Races. Instead, there is a proven method of beating the races—and Andrew Beyer’s marvelously entertaining story of how he put it in practice.
Download or read book Self handicapping and Real Life Task Importance written by Josephine Cannon and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Value Handicapping written by Mark Cramer and published by . This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most handicappers underachieve because they play too many races and are obsessed with picking winners as opposed to identifying and backing only those horses that are underbet in proportion to their chances of winning. In this pioneering book Cramer shows handicappers how to create their own personal odds lines and then use them to identify which, if any, horses are overlayed and worth betting in any given race.
