Author: Ed Hotaling
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815603504
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
As much social history as sports history, this is an account of how America's first national resort, Saratoga Springs, gave birth to and nurtured its first national sport and in the process had significant impact on American cultural life. Fine bandw photographs, etchings, and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
They're Off!
Author: Ed Hotaling
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815603504
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
As much social history as sports history, this is an account of how America's first national resort, Saratoga Springs, gave birth to and nurtured its first national sport and in the process had significant impact on American cultural life. Fine bandw photographs, etchings, and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815603504
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
As much social history as sports history, this is an account of how America's first national resort, Saratoga Springs, gave birth to and nurtured its first national sport and in the process had significant impact on American cultural life. Fine bandw photographs, etchings, and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Horse Racing Terms
Author: Rosemary Coates
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910723746
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each racing term has a witty illustration by Rosemary Coates. The facing page explains in simple terms exactly what those mysterious racing terms mean. No longer will you be out of the loop when the talk turns to: - Steeplechasers - Weighing Rooms - Nursery Stakes - Maiden Stakes - A Weaver - A colt, a filly, a brood mare, - A flying stallion - On the Nod - The Field - A Puller - Gone to Post - An Each-way Bet and much, much more....
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910723746
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Each racing term has a witty illustration by Rosemary Coates. The facing page explains in simple terms exactly what those mysterious racing terms mean. No longer will you be out of the loop when the talk turns to: - Steeplechasers - Weighing Rooms - Nursery Stakes - Maiden Stakes - A Weaver - A colt, a filly, a brood mare, - A flying stallion - On the Nod - The Field - A Puller - Gone to Post - An Each-way Bet and much, much more....
How to Win At Horseracing
Author: Robert Rowe
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
ISBN: 1580424333
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
One of the best books ever written on horseracing, Rowes original research spans forty-five years and shows how to play and beat the track, spot hot and cold horses from betting trends, analyze and play winning favorites, bet-downs and profitable exactas, evaluate trainers, jockeys, stable entries, make your own odds-line, and more! Written in Rowes personal style and jam-packed with 27 chapters, 93 tables/charts. Ainslee says, his selection method is by far the simplest and most sensible..Includes 93 charts and illustrations. Al Illich (author of How to Pick Winners), called Rowe one of the best players I have known A great book from a legend. 224pages
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
ISBN: 1580424333
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
One of the best books ever written on horseracing, Rowes original research spans forty-five years and shows how to play and beat the track, spot hot and cold horses from betting trends, analyze and play winning favorites, bet-downs and profitable exactas, evaluate trainers, jockeys, stable entries, make your own odds-line, and more! Written in Rowes personal style and jam-packed with 27 chapters, 93 tables/charts. Ainslee says, his selection method is by far the simplest and most sensible..Includes 93 charts and illustrations. Al Illich (author of How to Pick Winners), called Rowe one of the best players I have known A great book from a legend. 224pages
Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments
Author: Blood-Horse Publications
Publisher: Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC
ISBN: 9781581501391
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Some of horse racing's most respected authorities looked at feats of greatness, world records, legendary rivalries, and innovations to rank the sport's top 100 moments. They weighed individual accomplishments against industry initiatives, innovations against lucky breaks to come up with the definitive list. They pondered Secretariat's 31-length Belmont Stakes victory, Smarty Jones' elusive Triple Crown, the creation of the Breeders' Cup, and advancements in equine surgery. Racing's top 100 list will generate debate for years to come, just as did the ranking of Man o' War over Secretariat as Horse of the Century. Richly illustrated with historic and modern photos, Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments also contains comprehensive lists of leading earners, fastest times, highest prices, and most races won.
Publisher: Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC
ISBN: 9781581501391
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Some of horse racing's most respected authorities looked at feats of greatness, world records, legendary rivalries, and innovations to rank the sport's top 100 moments. They weighed individual accomplishments against industry initiatives, innovations against lucky breaks to come up with the definitive list. They pondered Secretariat's 31-length Belmont Stakes victory, Smarty Jones' elusive Triple Crown, the creation of the Breeders' Cup, and advancements in equine surgery. Racing's top 100 list will generate debate for years to come, just as did the ranking of Man o' War over Secretariat as Horse of the Century. Richly illustrated with historic and modern photos, Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments also contains comprehensive lists of leading earners, fastest times, highest prices, and most races won.
47 Horse Racing Betting Systems
Author: Rob Rowe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781075909436
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
How does someone with LIMITED interest in horse racing devise a solid strategy to beat the bookies?By learning about all the key factors you need to consider in order to make an informed bet and then using this information to devise a betting system (or 47 of them!).If you're the kind of person who;- Likes to trawl through the stats to make an informed bet.- Enjoys the challenge of creating a betting system to beat the bookies.- Takes a methodical approach where emotional decision making is minimised.This book could well be the perfect fit for you!Inside you'll find 47 easy-to-follow horse racing betting strategies that you can deploy instantly.That's not all though, you'll also learn about...- The different staking plans you can adopt and how to utilise them.- The cognitive bias you need to fight against in order to make smart betting decisions.- The key factors you should consider before placing a bet.Whether you're new to betting or a veteran there's sure to be a nugget or two in this book for you.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781075909436
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
How does someone with LIMITED interest in horse racing devise a solid strategy to beat the bookies?By learning about all the key factors you need to consider in order to make an informed bet and then using this information to devise a betting system (or 47 of them!).If you're the kind of person who;- Likes to trawl through the stats to make an informed bet.- Enjoys the challenge of creating a betting system to beat the bookies.- Takes a methodical approach where emotional decision making is minimised.This book could well be the perfect fit for you!Inside you'll find 47 easy-to-follow horse racing betting strategies that you can deploy instantly.That's not all though, you'll also learn about...- The different staking plans you can adopt and how to utilise them.- The cognitive bias you need to fight against in order to make smart betting decisions.- The key factors you should consider before placing a bet.Whether you're new to betting or a veteran there's sure to be a nugget or two in this book for you.
Horse Racing Colouring Book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781535586047
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Finally a coloring book for horse racing fans! Here is a selection of 10 hand drawn pages for you to colour and make your own. Award winning horse racing photographer Cindy Pierson Dulay has drawn these images using her own photos for models. Each drawing for colouring is on a single sheet of paper with the back left blank, so colors won't bleed through. There are images of running horses, winner's circle, and close-up head shots plus two sheets of jockey silks, one with designs and one for you to draw your own designs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781535586047
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Finally a coloring book for horse racing fans! Here is a selection of 10 hand drawn pages for you to colour and make your own. Award winning horse racing photographer Cindy Pierson Dulay has drawn these images using her own photos for models. Each drawing for colouring is on a single sheet of paper with the back left blank, so colors won't bleed through. There are images of running horses, winner's circle, and close-up head shots plus two sheets of jockey silks, one with designs and one for you to draw your own designs.
Precision
Author: C. X. Wong
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781432768522
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
"Precision ... Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Horse Racing" thoroughly discusses the mathematical and statistical methods in handicapping and betting techniques. Differentiations, combinatorics, normal distribution, kernel smoothing and other mathematical and statistical tools are introduced. The jargons and equations are kept to a minimum so that it is easy to understand for most readers. More than 20 professional programs are freely available to download, which can allow readers to easily apply the methodology introduced in the book. This book can be divided into three main parts: horse handicapping (Chapters 2-6), wagering (Chapters 7-9) and theories in practices (Chapters 10-11). Chapter 1 will explain why long term gains are possible in horse racing. About horse handicapping, we will start with analysing racing forms in Chapter 2. Other handicapping factors such as weight carried, jockeys, trainers and pedigrees will be discussed in Chapter 3. Some advanced statistical methods, such as chi-square test and kernel smoothing, will be introduced in Chapter 4 to further analyse those handicapping factors discussed in previous chapters. The following two chapters are about probability estimations. In Chapter 5, normal distribution and multinominal logistic regression are introduced in estimating winning probability of each race horse. In Chapter 6, we will talk about some methods in misconceptions in estimating placed probability. Two main concepts in wagering, Kelly criterion and hedging, will be discussed in Chapters 7 and 8. To hit exotic pools, those theories in combinatorics in Chapter 9 will definitely help the readers. The author will share his experiences in betting syndicate in Chapter 10, and tell you how to be a successful professional horseplayer in the last Chapter. Some readers may find the mathematics in this book difficult, but the free program will take your pain away and do all the calculations. You can simply apply all the professional formulae by no more than a click, and pick your horses like an expert analyst. As an awardee in Asian-Pacific Mathematics Olympiad, the author abandoned his career as an actuary and became a key member in a gambling syndicate. This book was reprinted in the 4th edition in Hong Kong, ranked #2 in the best-selling chart in the international Chinese weekly Yazhou Zhoukan, and now available worldwide.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781432768522
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
"Precision ... Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Horse Racing" thoroughly discusses the mathematical and statistical methods in handicapping and betting techniques. Differentiations, combinatorics, normal distribution, kernel smoothing and other mathematical and statistical tools are introduced. The jargons and equations are kept to a minimum so that it is easy to understand for most readers. More than 20 professional programs are freely available to download, which can allow readers to easily apply the methodology introduced in the book. This book can be divided into three main parts: horse handicapping (Chapters 2-6), wagering (Chapters 7-9) and theories in practices (Chapters 10-11). Chapter 1 will explain why long term gains are possible in horse racing. About horse handicapping, we will start with analysing racing forms in Chapter 2. Other handicapping factors such as weight carried, jockeys, trainers and pedigrees will be discussed in Chapter 3. Some advanced statistical methods, such as chi-square test and kernel smoothing, will be introduced in Chapter 4 to further analyse those handicapping factors discussed in previous chapters. The following two chapters are about probability estimations. In Chapter 5, normal distribution and multinominal logistic regression are introduced in estimating winning probability of each race horse. In Chapter 6, we will talk about some methods in misconceptions in estimating placed probability. Two main concepts in wagering, Kelly criterion and hedging, will be discussed in Chapters 7 and 8. To hit exotic pools, those theories in combinatorics in Chapter 9 will definitely help the readers. The author will share his experiences in betting syndicate in Chapter 10, and tell you how to be a successful professional horseplayer in the last Chapter. Some readers may find the mathematics in this book difficult, but the free program will take your pain away and do all the calculations. You can simply apply all the professional formulae by no more than a click, and pick your horses like an expert analyst. As an awardee in Asian-Pacific Mathematics Olympiad, the author abandoned his career as an actuary and became a key member in a gambling syndicate. This book was reprinted in the 4th edition in Hong Kong, ranked #2 in the best-selling chart in the international Chinese weekly Yazhou Zhoukan, and now available worldwide.
Racing for America
Author: James C. Nicholson
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318066X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
On October 20, 1923, at Belmont Park in New York, Kentucky Derby champion Zev toed the starting line alongside Epsom Derby winner Papyrus, the top colt from England, to compete for a $100,000 purse. Years of Progressive reform efforts had nearly eliminated horse racing in the United States only a decade earlier. But for weeks leading up to the match race that would be officially dubbed the "International," unprecedented levels of newspaper coverage helped accelerate American horse racing's return from the brink of extinction. In this book, James C. Nicholson explores the convergent professional lives of the major players involved in the Horse Race of the Century, including Zev's oil-tycoon owner Harry Sinclair, and exposes the central role of politics, money, and ballyhoo in the Jazz Age resurgence of the sport of kings. Zev was an apt national mascot in an era marked by a humming industrial economy, great coziness between government and business interests, and reliance on national mythology as a bulwark against what seemed to be rapid social, cultural, and economic changes. Reflecting some of the contradiction and incongruity of the Roaring Twenties, Americans rallied around the horse that was, in the words of his owner, "racing for America," even as that owner was reported to have been engaged in a scheme to defraud the United States of millions of barrels of publicly owned oil. Racing for America provides a parabolic account of a nation struggling to reconcile its traditional values with the complexity of a new era in which the US had become a global superpower trending toward oligarchy, and the world's greatest consumer of commercialized spectacle.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318066X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
On October 20, 1923, at Belmont Park in New York, Kentucky Derby champion Zev toed the starting line alongside Epsom Derby winner Papyrus, the top colt from England, to compete for a $100,000 purse. Years of Progressive reform efforts had nearly eliminated horse racing in the United States only a decade earlier. But for weeks leading up to the match race that would be officially dubbed the "International," unprecedented levels of newspaper coverage helped accelerate American horse racing's return from the brink of extinction. In this book, James C. Nicholson explores the convergent professional lives of the major players involved in the Horse Race of the Century, including Zev's oil-tycoon owner Harry Sinclair, and exposes the central role of politics, money, and ballyhoo in the Jazz Age resurgence of the sport of kings. Zev was an apt national mascot in an era marked by a humming industrial economy, great coziness between government and business interests, and reliance on national mythology as a bulwark against what seemed to be rapid social, cultural, and economic changes. Reflecting some of the contradiction and incongruity of the Roaring Twenties, Americans rallied around the horse that was, in the words of his owner, "racing for America," even as that owner was reported to have been engaged in a scheme to defraud the United States of millions of barrels of publicly owned oil. Racing for America provides a parabolic account of a nation struggling to reconcile its traditional values with the complexity of a new era in which the US had become a global superpower trending toward oligarchy, and the world's greatest consumer of commercialized spectacle.
Horse Racing the Chicago Way
Author: Steven A. Riess
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815655282
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. Horse Racing the Chicago Way shines a light on this fascinating, complicated history, exploring the role of political influence and class in the rise and fall of thoroughbred racing; the business of racing; the cultural and social significance of racing; and the impact widespread opposition to gambling in Illinois had on the sport. Riess also draws attention to the nexus that existed between horse racing, politics, and syndicate crime, as well as the emergence of neighborhood bookmaking, and the role of the national racing wire in Chicago. Taking readers from the grandstands of Chicago’s finest tracks to the underworld of crime syndicates and downtown poolrooms, Riess brings to life this understudied era of sports history.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815655282
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. Horse Racing the Chicago Way shines a light on this fascinating, complicated history, exploring the role of political influence and class in the rise and fall of thoroughbred racing; the business of racing; the cultural and social significance of racing; and the impact widespread opposition to gambling in Illinois had on the sport. Riess also draws attention to the nexus that existed between horse racing, politics, and syndicate crime, as well as the emergence of neighborhood bookmaking, and the role of the national racing wire in Chicago. Taking readers from the grandstands of Chicago’s finest tracks to the underworld of crime syndicates and downtown poolrooms, Riess brings to life this understudied era of sports history.
The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing
Author: Bill Mooney
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781780978215
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference, which tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day.
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781780978215
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference, which tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day.