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 enlarge | Author: Steven Crist
Publisher: DRF Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 93277
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1932910921
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.401
EAN: 9781932910926
ASIN: 1932910921
Publication Date: June 13, 2006
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Condition: Ships immediately! Perfect and New! 2006 Hardcover.
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VERY READABLE INTRO TO EXOTIC BETTING April 19, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Steven Crist has been a horse-racing columnist, CEO of the Daily Racing Form and is the author of three other books on horse racing. His latest book, EXOTIC BETTING, attempts to fulfill a need, he explains, to glean more profits from racing through "exotic betting" at a time when shorter horse fields and more information available to savier handicappers has made it harder to make money with "straight bets": win, place and show. In EXOTIC BETTING, Mr. Crist patiently and lucidly lays out the mathematics behind daily doubles, exactas, trifectas, pick threes, etc., the so-called exotic plays. At one time, these bets were exotic when win, place and show predominated. But now, exotic betting is a feature at every racetrack. EXOTIC BETTING focuses on intrarace exotic bets like the exacta and trifecta and interrace exotic bets like the daily double and the pick three. Mr. Christ offers betting strategies for each of the exotic bet types. While I have seen most of these ideas in different places elsewhere, Mr. Christ brings them all together in one reference and explains them in very readable prose. Using the principals presented in the first part of EXOTIC BETTING, he finishes by taking the reader through his actual betting at the 2005 Breeder's Cup. A few more examples of the strategies discussed could have been interesting if not necessary but, all-in-all, this is an excellent book and I highly recommended EXOTIC BETTING for the casual or more serious horse player who wants to be a better exotics player.
 Take the "Gamble" Out of Gambling April 12, 2007
Learn how you can start making a profit at the track with these betting techniques. You'll also find out why it's cost-effective to develop a personal strategy for betting.
Guide to making profits on exotic bets March 9, 2007
I was very interested in the way Steven Crist shows that developing a strategy for creating exotic bets, with your selections, can be both rewarding and mathemetically cost effective. I am currently using his system to develop wagers for exactas and trifectas without boxing horses. After I have become efficient in winning these bets, I will start wagering on superfectas. My overall goal is to cut my expenses and eventually make a profit at the track. I think this book will help me reach that goal.
New to EXOTIC BETTING, this one's for you. November 28, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a great book for WPS bettors who are evolving into an exotic bettor. The book not only explains the different types of wagers, it also tells you the smart way on making these bets.
The book is a very easy read. I especially enjoyed the chapter on the pick-6. This is a bet that I only seriously tried to tackle once (I got 4 out of 6 on a $128 ticket). This is a bet that the average horseplayer should avoid, however if you must, read this book. Steve Crist normally spends between $400 and $1000 dollars (out of my league)on the pick 6, and has spent substantially more on the Ultra Pick 6.
The new exotic bettor (and smaller bank rolled) however should stick with the other exotics covered in the book. Crist does a great job on these wagers too. Although nothing ground breaking, the inexperienced horse player will find it very useful. The experienced horseplayer will enjoy it too, because it is put together very well.
Braking bad habits November 12, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very insightful on reasons and methods to break out of the Box/wheel mentality. Gives a different perspective on ways to bet both verticlly and horizally.
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