The Winning Horseplayer: An Advanced Approach to Thoroughbred Handicapping and Betting

I've read each of Beyer's books and while he may not be the best handicapper he certainly is the best writer in the horse racing world. If I'm not mistaken he studied English Romance at Harvard and clearly took with him the skills to entertain a reader---no others even come close on the subject. Beyer's speed figures are constantly evolving and he teaches the reader how to consider trips and pace/track biases as an integral part of any speed figure. I don't have the time to watch many replays before I play a card but after reading this I certainly will scrutinze speed figures if they are the leading component of a bet I'm considering. While most of us don't watch replays as much as Beyer, this book convinced me its worth taking the time to look at more replays and take notes after watching each race.

Good info

Until reading this and other books by the author I never knew how complicated horse racing was. Now I know what data is important and where to find it. Hopefully when I go to the track now I'll have more success. The key is to always be observant and realize that any successful system you set up is always going to have to be tweaked in the future. The game is always changing and you have to stay on top of it.

One of my all time fav books is Beyers Picking Winners, Andrew Beyer created the speed ratings that everyone uses today, this book gives a ton of insight on the pace and how important that is to picking horses. Yes Class, Speed and other factors are touched on too, but this book is full of some great insight. Highly recommend

This is a follow up to the author's previous novel, Picking Winners. In this novel the author takes his methodology of analyzing a thoroughbred race to include the additional important factors of pace and trip handicapping. An excellent addition to the library of serious handicappers.

Everone will find usefull information from this book. Pick it up and read it. It dosn't give you a laid out manuel of what to do to make money it provides you the information on how to use all of the tools put them together yourself and seperate from the chalk.

Learned new ideas for handicapping the horses like more details with race replays and how to use an shorthand method when writing things down.

Once again, Mr. Beyer has written an interesting book that is loaded with strategies that can help the serious horseplayer to beat the odds. The opposite is also true. Because he has explained the difficulties of winning I have reverted back to $2 bets.

Excellent

I've read lots of British and American horse racing books. This is easily the best. Well written and full of advice you can apply to your own form study.

Part of the foundation upon which modern form-study is based.

Always get something out of a beyer book.No matter when it was written.Must read for any serious handicapper.

Book is good for serious horse player . I got this book reasonable price. For starters it is value for money.