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The Power of Early Speed (Elements of Handicapping) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Klein
Publisher: DRF Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 200073
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 301
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1932910980
Dewey Decimal Number: 798
EAN: 9781932910988
ASIN: 1932910980
Publication Date: December 10, 2005
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Product Description
Analyzes and documents the impact of early frontrunning ability, and how it can transform into huge paydays for todays modern handicapper.
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 Winning formula March 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Horseplayers have always known that, all things being equal, the horse that takes the early lead has the best chance to win the race. In "The Power of Early Speed," veteran handicapper and columnist Steve Klein shares a formula for identifying horses most likely to take the lead at the first call. Klein also explains how to use the formula to uncover horses who are good bets to win on the front end at long odds, taking into account field size, jockey and trainer tendencies, track biases and other factors. "The Power of Early Speed" is an excellent analysis of the inherent advantage of early speed (calculated by Klein using a massive sample of horses and races) and the best ways to exploit that advantage. [...]
 The Power of Early Speed (Elements of Handicapping) September 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can only half-finished but will not continue the book. If the people believe or love statistic records, the book is for them. Half of the book is stats records for USA dirt track ( unfortunately I am living in Australia ). I cannot enjoy the book.
 Interesting presentation August 24, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The title says it all in that early speed is the ultimate bias. It's like in the movie Top Gun where Tom Cruise says "I feel the need, the need for speed." The stats of the sucess of early speed don't lie, & this book presents an interesting way of compiling them with an emphasis that includes field size. And a large part of the book presents charts on trainers, jockeys, etc. But concentrating on the 1st call only without the all important 2nd call & no use of fractions means that this work as providing raw numbers is only a starting point for further research. The books of Ainslie, Beyer, Davidowitz & Brohammer should be studied first, as while this effort presents a formula for early speed points, the best system is that one that compiles information & experiances using the most complex computer, the one above the shoulders.
 Speed Kills August 21, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I liked the book mostly for the Klein speed figures, I have applied them with some success. I was disappointed though when I figured out that it was pretty uneccessary to figure them myself, TVG for example has speed figures that almost exactly mirror what I came up with using the formula from the book. But it did give me a new respect for early speed that I will continue to use in my handicapping.
Early speed is important. However, what is the meaning of the formulas in this book? July 21, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I agree that early speed is important in horse racing and in particular horse racing on dirt. Klein Speed Points and Klein Track Bias Numbers as mentioned in this book give the horse racing fans some kinds of objective measurement and idea on how the speed of a race will look like and the likelihood that a horse will perform better because of the favourable change in the pace of a race as well as track bias. However, the author of this book does not explain how the formulas used to derive Klein Speed Points and Klein Trace Bias Numbers are created.
Once again, I would like to stress that just knowing early speed is not enough. This is only one part of horse racing. Moreover, if everyone focuses on early speed evaluation, the inefficieny in the "horse racing market" will disappear and the profit will also disappear.
This book is OK to read, but as an experienced horse racing fans who have read many books on handicapping I found no surprise in this book.
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