Wizard Daily Report and Research - Sunday, 10 December 2023.
- Books worth reading - U.S.A. (times)
Books worth reading - U.S.A. (times)
After posting the suggested reading from American authors yesterday I received some requests to list what I thought might be some useful books on time/speed handicapping. Personally, I prefer weight-based race analysis and I have not sought out too much on the speed handicapping front.
However, I have some books on this subject; of them, those that I think are probably worth reading if speed handicapping is of interest follow.
(I dont have a copy, but I understand that Tom Brohamer's book Modern Pace Handicapping is a good follow-up to the Howard Sartin publication.)
Author: Andrew Beyer
*Picking Winners (1975)
My $50,000 Year at the Races (1978)
The Winning Horseplayer (1983)
*Beyer on Speed (1993)
Picking Winners
1 The joy of handicapping
2 Handicapping primer
3 Larceny and betting coups
4 Track biases
5 Trainers
6 The horses appearance
7 Speed Handicapping I
8 Speed Handicapping ll
9 Speed Handicapping lll
10 Class
11 Money management
12 Putting it all together
Beyer on Speed
1 The value of speed figures
2 Probabilities and patterns
3 How was the figure earned
4 How will he run today
5 The mathematics of pace
6 Turf racing
7 Exotic betting strategy
8 A week in Las Vegas
Author: Huey Mahl
The Race is Pace (1983)
1 A new start
2 The odds o pickin
3 Horsepower
4 Physiology and fitness
5 Conditions
6 Think pace!
7 Condition and variant
Author: Joe Cardello
*Speed to Spare (2003)
1 Beyer basics
2 Top Beyers
3 Beyer bounces
4 Beyer patterns and cycles
5 Beyers on grass
6 Thinking Beyer
7 Beyer limits
Author: Michael Pizzolla
*Handicapping Magic (2000)
1 The seven illusions
2 The seven magic questions
3 Preparing yourself
4 Pace makes the race
5 Balanced speed ratings
6 Form cycle windows
7 Projected power fraction
8 Magic of pace and position
9 Magic on the grass
10 Magic of the true overlay
11 Magical day at the races
12 Betting, money management, creating value
Author: Howard G. Sartin
*The Dynamics of Incremental Velocity and Energy Exertion
1 Matter of terminology
2 Dynamics of incremental velocity
3 Categories of variant defined
4 Making a track win energy profile
5 Incremental velocity
6 Distance adjustments
7 Pace races within the race
8 Summary of important factors
9 Variant and class adjustments
Warren - Wiz-Ed
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