Track Betting

Picking Winners: A Horseplayer's Guide

Just as football evolved with the introduction of the forward pass and basketball with the development of the jump shot, so too was handicapping forever changed by the use of speed figures--and it all started with Andrew Beyer's Picking Winners. This edition features a new foreword in which the author discusses the changes that have swept the sport since the book's original publication. Picking Winners remains a classic in the field of thoroughbred racing.

Exotic Betting: How to Make the Multihorse, Multirace Bets that Win Racing's Biggest Payoffs

In Exotic Betting, the horseplayer takes a colorful wagering ride by learning to maximize profits by betting on a multitude of exotic wagers including the daily double, exacta, trifecta, quinella, superfecta, pick 3, 4, and 6.

Beyer on Speed: New Strategies for Racetrack Betting

No serious horseplayer should be without Beyer on Speed, the third jewel in Andrew Beyer's literary triple crown. Beyer shows the handicapper how to make his Beyer Speed Figures the focal point of a wagering strategy for pursuing spectacular profits by relating speed figures to pace, track bias, and track conditions. He helps bettors utilize new opportunities for picking winners, such as video replays and a successfully structured multirace ticket, whether betting online, on the phone, or at the track.

This invaluable book on wagering includes a new preface by the author, focusing on the role of simulcasting and the Internet in modern-day handicapping. Written in Beyer's entertaining, rapid-fire prose, Beyer on Speed is a must-read for every bettor, from the beginner to the most advanced player.

Betting Thoroughbreds: A Professional's Guide for the Horseplayer: Second Revised Edition

The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping: Leading Ideas & Methods

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.

The Winning Horseplayer

American Heritage Picture Dictionary, Hardcover, 144 pages / Introduces pre-schoolers and beginning readers to alphabetical order. Includes 900 age-appropriate entry words and playful example sentences. For grades Pre-K - 3. Reference Book Type: Dictionary; Subjects: N/A; Age Recommendation: N/A; Language(s): English.

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

In The Winning Horseplayer, Andrew Beyer builds on the strategy of speed handicapping that he detailed brilliantly in Picking Winners by introducing the concept of trip handicapping. Through an unbeatable combination of case studies and lively anecdotes, Beyer shows the smart bettor how to combine past performance data with an understanding of trips, track bias, and pace. This advanced guide to handicapping, which includes a new preface by the author, offers a generous dose of the wit and wisdom that have made Beyer a legend in the sport.

Handicapping 101: A Horse Racing Primer

Is it really possible to wager and win at the racetrack? Free's resounding answer is yes--horseplayers can and do win! This paperback edition includes an entire new chapter on synthetic racing surfaces, updated and current past performances and charts, an index for easier reference, and all of the enduring handicapping factors presented in the hard cover. Handicapping 101 gives both the novice and seasoned player the handicapping foundation required to succeed.

Modern Pace Handicapping, Revised

Calculating the pace and comparative speed of horses in a race often holds the key to the puzzle of selecting the winner.

The Handicapper's Condition Book, Revised: An Advanced Treatment of Thoroughbred Class

This essential handicapping book shows readers how to deal effectively with the elusive class factor for all horses racing at every racetrack.