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The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping: Leading Ideas & Methods | 
 enlarge | Author: James Quinn
Publisher: DRF Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 153593
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Upd Su
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 344
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0970014775
Dewey Decimal Number: 798
EAN: 9780970014771
ASIN: 0970014775
Publication Date: January 25, 2004
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Product Description
This second edition is bigger and better than ever. It presents 50 essays its author considers to represent the field at its best and brightest.
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The best of the best March 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is outstanding, well written, insightful, and pulls together so many different angles on handicapping. The only problem is trying to digest all that is here. Excellent work.
Terriffic book- 5 plus stars! January 6, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Drawing from so many experts in the field and publishing their original material makes for a great work. Of the dozen or so handicapping volumes I have, this is the one I refer to most often because every each aspect from handicapping factors to money management and tote watching is covered by a true expert in that field. What I discovered after reading this is that I started looking for volumes by the writers herein that contributed chapters of interest. It has introduced me to a lot of guys I would never have found without this book.
Add this one to your library August 23, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have read the first edition of this title over and over and the latest version is only an improvement on a fine work. I agree that a lot of the information provided in the chapters in not in great depth, but it's difficult to take a 200 page book and condense it into a few pages. Quinn has done a great job of doing just that. And since the author provides information on the various sources, it gives the reader the opportunity to reach out to those sources if they have interest in the topic. This is definitely a great addition to any handicapper's library. I have had the opportunity to meet Quinn and he is just as wonderful a person as he is an author.
Break out of your handicapping ruts! February 24, 2005
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
The beauty of James Quinn's updated anthology is not any one revelation that he brings to the table, but that he's synthesized so many voices and give you so many more angles to consider. Those of you who play regularly know how easy it is to identify the obvious chalk-- and how hard it is to get past the two or three "best on paper" types to get to live, mid-priced overlays. You know, the horses that are the difference between a minus day and a wildly profitable day.
In addition, the fact that he has brought so many voices together on money management-- the topic I see the least amount of literature on-- alone makes this worthwhile.
This isn't the type of book I'd toss to a novice, but it will make the intermediate player much more flexible and creative.
A Must-Read for the novice handicapper August 25, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is an almost encylocpedic digest of current theories of thoroughbred handicapping. None are covered in such detail that you can run off and start making money at the track, but each points you to a source for more comprehensive information on the theory that interests you.
If you are willing to ignore books on "handicapping made easy," this book is probably among the best starting points for the novice. It explores a variety of approaches, leaving you to select what you like, and follow a path toward mastery.
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