Exotic Betting at the Racetrack is unique as it covers the efficient-inefficient strategy to price and find profitable racetrack bets, along with handicapping that provides actual bets made by the author on essentially all of the major wagers offered at US racetracks.
Dos aficionados impenitentes, con unos treinta años de diferencia entre ellos y que en un tiempo frecuentaron el Hipódromo La Rinconada de la ciudad de Caracas, tejieron una relación extraña pero no menos entrañable en medio de la cual el mayor le contó al más joven el país que vio pasar desde la Tribuna B de aquel coso señorial, relatos aquellos donde las gestas de la hípica nacional coincidían con momentos trascendentales de la historia contemporánea de Venezuela y del Caribe.
Smoky, the Cow Horse Will James - This is the classic great horse story written by a cowboy who trains a little black colt to become the most dependable horse.
The remarkable story of a champion Aussie horsemanIn March 2016 Peter Moody, the man who took his good mare Black Caviar to an unprecedented 25 straight victories, walked away from racing.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year AwardIn 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra.
This book provides a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society, and explores the cultural world of racing during the interwar years.
Horseracing happens literally every day of the year - which is why unique and unusual events are almost commonplace in the Sport of Kings, Queens and commoners, even when that day in designed to fool you - as many felt was the case when, on 1 April 1929, a jockey named Frank Wise didn't live up to his name as he was unwise enough to ride in the Irish Grand National with only one leg and minus the tops of three fingers - yet he and his mount, Alike, won the race.
If you enjoyed The Racing Post Quiz Book by Mart Matthews, published in 2019, you are sure to appreciate this follow-up to the hugely popular first volume.
Since the thoroughbred horse was first developed over three centuries ago, these magnificent creatures have given the global race-going public limitless joy, and filled our memories with wonder and respect, and Punch a Hole in the Wind focuses on the stories of 50 champion Flat racehorses since the dawn of film.
A NEWSPAPERMAN'S VERSION OF THE "e;BIG STORY"e; OF THE TENNESSEE WALKING HORSEThe Tennessee Walking Horse is a breed of gaited horse known for its unique four-beat running-walk and flashy movement.
Here is a life story in the great tradition-a brilliant chronicle of circus and horse show life by the celebrated equestrian showman Arthur Konyot, senior surviving member of a renowned Hungarian family of artistes and circus proprietors.
In ARABIAN HORSE BREEDING, which was first published in 1953, the author has put into words the culmination of a lifetime of practical experience in the breeding, raising and training of the Arabian horse.
As New Labour's first period of government picks up steam, we find Bernard Donoughue working as a minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Food.
As the woman who trained the great Best Mate to win three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups, no one could be better qualified than Henrietta Knight to discover what makes today's top jumps trainers succeed.
The son of a poor butcher, John Gully rose to the height of Victorian respectability, whose death in ripe old age was mourned by all classes from paupers to princes.
Twenty-five years after his racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck.
