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Title: Betting on Myself: Adventures of a Horseplayer and Publisher by Steven Crist ISBN: 097264010X Publisher: Daily Racing Form Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Crisp Gets it Right
Comment: Race track fans and journalists will enjoy Crisp's bright and insighful discussion about his experiences in both worlds. His ideas about the future of thoroughbred horseracing are interesting and his discussion about his betting experiences will ring true with any died-in-the-wool throughbred race fan. A fun read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well Written Memoir from a Fascinating Person
Comment: Unfortunately, horse racing continues to decline in popularity and rarely gets mainstream attention. If it did, this book might be a bestseller. Steve Crist is one of the best horse racing handicappers in the world but will be mainly revered by most horse racing fans as the man who had the guts to take on the Racing Form a number of years ago and then to come in and save the publication from its decline.
During what has been a short career, Crist has went to lead horse racing writer at the New York Times,editor of the Racing Times, served on a statewide commission regarding horse racing and now is the publisher of the Daily Racing Form. All of this is recounted in the book with prose that is easy to read and very informative.
The only minor quibble I would have with the book is that Crist spends very little time discussing the craft of betting on horses. He spends a few pages talking about the Pick Six, an exotic wager that he has hit many time, but doesn't explain his strategy in all that much detail. In some ways I don't blame him, but I sense that I could learn a lot from him which is why this book is worth buying.
Rating: 5
Summary: More fun the I expected
Comment: I bought this book for background on a paper I was writing on horse racing, but read it cover to cover. Nobody knows or explains racing from a player's perspective better than Steven Crist. A great read from a guy who has been there, done it and tells a great story."
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Title: Speed to Spare: Beyer Speed Figures Uncovered (Elements of Handicapping) by Joe Cardello, Andrew Beyer ISBN: 0970014767 Publisher: Daily Racing Form Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping: Leading Ideas & Methods by James Quinn ISBN: 0970014775 Publisher: Daily Racing Form Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Off the Charts: Turning Result Charts into Profitble Selections at the Track by Nick Borg ISBN: 0970014759 Publisher: Daily Racing Form Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Finished Lines: A Collection of Memorable Writing on Thoroughbred Racing by Frank R. Scatoni, Steven Crist ISBN: 0970014732 Publisher: DRF Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Handicapping Contest Handbook: A Horseplayer's Guide to Handicapping Tournaments by Noel Michaels ISBN: 0970014740 Publisher: DRF Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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