RACING TRENDS : FLAT 2008 -
David Myers |
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Every major race and festival in the 2008
Flat season has been placed under the spotlight in this unprecedented
compilation of racing statistics. By highlighting the vital clues that
pinpoint the winners profile, along with exclusive 'future pointers',
Racing Trends Revealed shows whether individual winners of big races
should be followed or avoided in the future. |
A Bloody Good Winner: Life as a Professional Gambler
- Dave Nevison
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Since
taking the plunge in 1993, Nevison has made his living, a very good
living, from backing racehorses. He has taken on the best bookmakers in
the world, and won. It has not been easy, or a smooth journey, but a
roller-coaster ride full of spectacular highs and testing lows.
Nevison's frank account is full of entertaining stories of his
rumbustious life, and reveals how he has succeeded while most punters
fail.
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Internet Texas Holdem: Winning Strategies from an
Internet Pro -
Matthew Hilger
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This book is an
excellent tool for players at all levels to be successful at limit Texas
Hold’em with specific topics focused on Internet play.
Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. This is a book
for players who want to improve their game to win more money. If you only
play a few hours a week or strive to take your game to an advanced level,
this book should serve as a valuable reference.
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Winning On Betfair For Dummies -
Jack Houghton
List Price:
£5.99
Amazon Price: £3.59
The world of betting is being transformed by Internet betting exchanges,
and there's none bigger than Betfair, the world's leading online betting
exchange.
"Winning on Betfair For Dummies" is the definitive insider's guide, giving
you a full picture of the way Betfair works, explaining the terms, lingo
and jargon, and letting you in on insider knowledge and know-how. It's the
perfect reference for the first time Betfair player, and also reveals tips
and tricks to satisfy even the most seasoned punter. "Winning on Betfair
FD" includes information on: backing and laying; placing more than one bet
in a market; betting in-play; telephone, mobile phone and PDA betting;
trading, arbing and bots; and making a profession of it.
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Dawn Till Dusk: Nurturing
Racing's Champions - Colin Cameron
In horseracing, the best stories always begin at daybreak. The exploits on
the racecourse of racing's greatest performers since the 1960s are well
documented in print and on film, accompanied by broadcasters' compelling
words.
For the lucky ones among us, there are personal memories of being
there on the day, too. But the complete stories of how the sport's showcase
names of the last forty years came to fulfil their potential in truth rest
with the men and women who nurtured them on the gallops, from first light
to evening stables.
Their tales, contained in Dawn Till Dusk, are a route
to the real heart and soul of racing's greats, and a reminder of wonderful
days and the individuals and teamwork behind them.
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Man
Buys Dog - David Mathews A brilliant piece of sports writing that unveils the cultishly popular world of greyhound racing and diamond geezers.
After David Matthews had recovered from being a boxer, he looked for the next challenge. He decided to take on the world of greyhound racing by becoming an owner and seeing if he could make a success of it. In doing so, he got to meet many of the extraordinary characters that give the sport such an enormous appeal, he learned about the tricks of the trade and got to meet some very dodgy characters round Walthamstow way. This is the story of one man and his dog and how they learned to race together.
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Play Poker
Like the Pros - Phil Hellmuth
Describes the rules and basic and
advanced strategies for a variety of poker games and includes tips on
reading other players and beating online poker games
Want to learn poker? play better poker? or most importantly WIN AT
POKER? Then look no further than this excellent book.
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The Definitive Guide to Betting
on Horses - Nick Pulford
Tony Stafford, Racing Post,
July 2, 2004
'... this book offers plenty of food for thought and potential financial
profit.'
Inside Edge, December, 2004
"a must-read for anyone who is serious about betting on horses." |
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Winning
Without Thinking: The Definitive Guide to Horse Race Betting Systems
Nick
Mordin,David
Ikerrin (Editor)
The Daily Express, May 2002
Think your way to shrewder punting - read Nick Mordin's thought-provoking
new book Winning Without Thinking.
The Racing Post, April 2002
Mordin is unique - there is no-one else writing anything quite like this
for the British market … thoroughly recommended. |
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Beyer on Speed -
Andrew Beyer
The creator of a revolutionary new racetrack-betting
technique that calculates a horse's speed in previous races, offers an understandable, anecdotal explanation of how to use these figures to win at the track. |
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On Tilt
- Iain Fletcher
Iain Fletcher, one-time professional cricketer with Somerset CCC, city broker and now a regular rugby and cricket correspondent for a newspaper, tells the story of how he was given
£7000 by betting giant "Sporting Index" and 11 months to see if he could make a profit. If he did, he could keep it! This is an account of those 11 months, starting in October 1999 and incorporating nearly every sport on television. It covers the wins, the losses, the great escapes and the near misses, along with the advice of people who include: cricket's Andrew Flintoff, Min Patel and Robert Keys; English rugby's Andy Gomersall; and golf's Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood. |
A Licence to Print Money -
Jamie
Reid
Forget the tired biographies of
worthy jockeys and trainers, this book cuts to the real soul of
the sport - gambling. The core of the book concerns a series of
essays on the history, culture and technicalities of betting on
racing. These are well researched, well written and unearth a host
of 20th century characters which many punters will enjoy reading
about. These essays are interlaced with details of the author's
own gambling forays, which make for compelling reading. The final
chapter's account of a small sting at Redcar is outstanding, one
is so involved with the story that it feels like taking part. The
adrenaline flow produced by reading it is akin to that produced by
having an over-big wager of one's own.
The author is a true lover of the
greatest 3 days of the year and writes about Cheltenham better
than most. These descriptions are worth the price of the book on
its own. However much you think you know about the betting world
you are guaranteed to get something from this book. Put down that
biography and read a Licence to Print Money instead. |
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Betting
For A Living - Nick
Mordin
From an author who devises and tests hiems, this book describes how, during the winter of 1991/2, he
applied his ideas at the racetrack and took over £1000 per month from
bookmakers. It details the exact methods he used and explains the precise
reasons behind every bet made |
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Winning
Horse Racing Formulae -
David
Duncan
This book will totally
transform your betting.
This book is sheer dynamite. The author's level-headed approach to the
precarious world of gambling on horses consistently urges the reader to
bet with the head, not with the heart. |
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The rigorously logical approach
allied to the author's considerable experience of the racing world makes
this book a winner. Will be of interest to anyone who has attempted to
mine the mathematical mysteries of horse racing systems and staking plans;
clearly explaining the more common but still confusing bets such as the
Yankee and Heinz as well as explaining how to create your own winning
permutations. Whilst no system can promise a profit all of the time, the
author includes a version of the "Reverse Labouchere" staking
plan adapted from the casino, which performs stunningly well across all
race cards by selectively increasing or decreasing stakes. This book will
literally transform your betting and I cannot recommend it highly enough |
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Giving a
Little Back - Barney
Curley
Curley is the bane of the racing establishment, never afraid to confront
authority, even at the risk of jeopardizing his own career, for the good
of the small punter. In his autobiography, he recalls all the adventures
that have made him part of horseracing folklore: the celebrated
"Yellow Sam" sting of 1975; how he was jailed for running an
illegal lottery but released on donating £10,000 to charity; his campaign
against the Big Three high street bookmakers; his disqualification from
racing; and how he lost £250,000 on one race in an unforgettable day in
1982.
But there is also the human side to his story. Beyond the racing
world he talks openly about how he watched his father go broke through
gambling, and, in a moving account, recalls the tragedy of the death of
his son, Charlie, in 1996.
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The
Inside Track - Alan Potts
This text presents a guide to betting,
written by a well-known professional punter. There are sections covering
flat racing and jumping, and also detailed discussion of all-weather
racing and the world of spread betting.
"This is the best betting book I have come across.
Potts has two qualities that make this a must read. The first is that he
is a natural writer, and the second is that his knowledge of the game is
A1". |
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Spread Betting to
Win - Jacques
Black
"A book worth every penny of its £6.99. Black quite often uses
graphs and charts to illustrate markets and how they may be expected to
move. He provides a simple staking plan for risk management. But most
fascinating of all is the case study in betting arbitrage. Black does not
recommend playing two firms off against each other, but playing two
totally separate markets. According to Black it was possible to virtually
guarantee a profit by selling the total goals at 73 in Euro 96, and hedge
by selling the time of the fastest goal in the tournament. It does give
unique insight into how to interpret value in different markets."
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Against the
Crowd - Alan
Potts
Written by a professional punter, this guide reveals the techniques and
methods which he claims give him the edge over bookmakers.
" A good investment...his chapter on value is spot on. A good
128-pages worth of punter-friendly reading"
Melvyn Collier (Pricewise), Racing Post. |
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The
Wayward Lad - Graham
Bradley
Graham Bradley has been one of National Hunt racing's most successful
jockeys since the 1980s, winning top prizes (Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle,
King George VI victories) on top horses (Desert Orchid, Sunny Bay, Wayward
Lad) from top trainers (Michael Dickinson, Toby Balding). Yet, through all
the good times, this Yorkshire man's career was enveloped in controversy
which culminated in a dawn raid on his home by the Serious Crime Squad in
January 1999. His subsequent arrest for alleged race fixing and a Jockey
Club ban made front page news. Later cleared of all charges and
reinstated, many questions remain unanswered - until now. This personal
account given in Brad's own inimitable style of a controversial and
exciting life in racing. |
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Derek
McGovern on Sports Betting and How to Make It Pay -
Derek McGovern
Derek McGovern, former editor of the
"Racing Post's" sports betting service, reveals the tricks of
the trade. He explains why even the most polished bookmaking firms are
vulnerable to crafty "after-timers" - punters who can get bets
accepted after a match has finished. He details the sports which offer
punters golden opportunities for making money and those which line only
the bookmakers' pockets. He calls for a punters' day of action - a one-day
betting strike - to force bookmakers to pay back the countless millions
they steal from sports gamblers every year. The scale of violent
betting-shop crime is addressed. McGovern offers his own opinions on tales
of corruption and betting skulduggery that have scarred football and
cricket in the second half of the 1990s and hatches a plan to make money
from betting on Premiership football. A chapter is devoted to the dos and
don'ts of the twilight world. |
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More Dark
Secrets of the Turf - John
White
This guide reveals numerous
tricks and tactics of the racetrack. It contains over 40 winner-finding
strategies, covering all aspects of racing from trainers and jockeys to
race day factors. It also offers hints for horse-watchers and deals with
betting techniques.
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Channel Four
Racing: Betting and Form -
John McCririck, Jim McGrath, Sean Magee
As a companion volume to Channel Four Racing team's guides to racehorses
and racecourses,
this guide for those wishing to beat the bookmakers with a wager on the
odd thoroughbred here and there attempts to give the reader the correct
armoury to succeed as a punter. John McCririck and Jim McGrath, Channel 4
Racing presenters, pool their knowledge of horse-race betting to offer
advice on interpreting form by weighing up the factors which affect each
horse's chances of winning, and on the world of betting generally, with
its many strategies and systems.
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Crossing the
Line - Charlie
Brooks
In January 1999, Charlie Brooks, former leading race horse trainer,
was arrested in connection with a police investigation into race fixing.
He crossed the line from insider to outsider, and this is his informed and
honest view of the weird and wonderful world of British horse racing.
"This book keeps you gripped!! You wont want to put it down and you
wont want it to finish!"
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Obsessed:
the Autobiography - Richard
Dunwoody
The story of one of the central
characters of National Hunt racing during the last two decades. Perhaps
best known for his partnership with the racehorse Desert Orchid, this is
the memoir of the people involved in his career, of the effect of racing
on his marriage and of the obsession to win.
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