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 enlarge | Author: Ted Mcclelland
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 513813
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 1556525672
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.4010973
EAN: 9781556525674
ASIN: 1556525672
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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 Excellent Read April 3, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every writer hopes for that one book that will define their career. Capote had his " Cold Blood" and Lee her "Mockingbird". And now Ted McClelland lands his with "Horseplayer". Yes, in it's own genre it is just that good. For anyone who ever dared to the grandstand side of the track. For anyone who ever revered Newman and Gleason dueling it out at Ames Billiards. For anyone that wondered what happened to the wagering in Seabiscuit. This is the otherside. "This is Ames Mr". No racing fan or handicapper that's worn the proud hand stains of Form print should be without a copy.
A Winning Ticket September 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ted McClelland puts cash in the kitty and takes a year to explore the real world of handicapping the races....from the cheap seats at Hawthorne Race Course to the splendor of Arlington Park and at tracks throughout the country.
In Horseplayers, McClelland shares the thrill of cashing the tickets with the nice payouts and the struggles of searching for that one needed winner in the last race, along with the dreams and frustrations of regular fans who find life at the track.
There is the husband and wife who have different handicapping strategies, the railbird with a theory that makes calculus seem easy, the fan who looks for cashable tickets left on counters and the veteran who rumor has it is now not welcome in one facility.
It is a journey away from the million-dollar races, world-class stables and majestic runners adding new pages to the history books. These regulars - who are found with comparable stories at any track - are more at home seeking out that big play with the hard-knocking claimers on a Thursday afternoon than elbowing through the crowd on Triple Crown simulcast days or on bobblehead giveaway weekends in the summer. And Family Days? Forget it.
Though there aren't as many fans going through the gates as in "The Golden Era" of racing, they are as dedicated and have as many conspiracy theories about why that runner should not have stopped in the deep stretch, unless the jocks were doing something - somehow - to fix the outcome.
And that is what makes Horseplayers such a great read; because life is about trying to get that edge, playing the odds and cashing the winning ticket at the end of the day. And if the "sure thing" doesn't hit the board, there is always tomorrow.
Horseplayers: Life at the Track July 13, 2006
Great read!!!.....As I went through the chapters, I thought to myself: " I KNOW these guys"!...very insightful on what goes on in guy's heads that makes horseracing such an intriguing and wonderful pastime. The characters are as varied as night and day, and the author's own experiences in gambling bring forth the why's and what-for's of the sport of kings. Highly recommended!
 More than horse racing December 6, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book that provides a valuable and in-depth view of horse racing, the colorful characters that frequent race tracks and how the industry operates. It takes us on a search to find the holy grail of making money in horse racing and comes up with some pretty surprising and unexpected answers.
The book's audience should be far wider than just people who bet on horses, as the lessons and insights can be applied in many other areas, eg. stock trading to name just one.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and could not put it down until I had finished it -- and this from someone who has never placed a bet on a horse or been to a horse race track.
Horseplayer: Life at the Track by Ted McClelland November 17, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read a lot of horse racing books this past year but none of them touched me as much as Horseplayers by Ted McClelland. The book itself was not only interesting but it offered a humorous insight to many of the aspects of the game. To the fan that follows everything about the sport, McClelland also offered play by play analysis straight from the track announcer's mouth(s). It was incredibly easy to read and made for one of the fastest reads of a book I've ever attempted to tackle.
Ted's writing coupled with almost unbelievable tales and stories at the tracks in the Windy City will make for a book that you will NEVER forget. Truly amazing!
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