Thoroughbred Racing Books I Have Read

If you are anything like me, you have most likely read a lot of books about thoroughbred racing and how to play them. The following is a list of books I currently have sitting on my book shelf.



The Psychology of Thoroughbred Handicapping--Thomas Wilson



Money Secrets At The Racetrack--Barry Meadows



The Four Quarters of Horse Invcsting--Steve Fierro



Extreme Pace Handicapping; If You Doodle it They Will Come--Randy Giles



Six Secrets of Successful Bettors--Frank R. Scatoni and Peter T. Forntale



Bet With the Best 2; Longshots--Compilation



Exotic Betting--Steven Crist



Speed to Spare--Joe Cardello



Trainer Angles--Dean Keppler



The Winning Horseplayer--Andrew Beyer



Expert Handicapping; Winning Insights Into Betting Thoroughbreds--Dave Litfin



Beyer on Speed--Andrew Beyer



The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping--Edited by James Quinn



Handicapping 101--Brad Free



Value Handicapping--Mark Cramer



Handicapping the Wall Street Way--Mark E. Ripple



The Handicapper's Condition Book--James Quinn



Books I know I have read, but for some reason are missing from my shelf



Picking Winners--Andrew Beyer



Betting Thoroughbreds: A Professional's Guide for The Horseplayer--Steve Davidowitz



Nearly every book up there has had something useful to offer, but the ones highlighted in red are the ones I feel I got the most value for. Picking Winners was the first book I ever bought. Way back in the 80's before Speed Figures were widely known about. That book certainly helped this fledgling horseplayer get an edge over the crowd at the Birmingham Turf Club, before they went to the dogs. It took a lot of effort to keep figures living in Atlanta and before the time of PC's. Everything was done by hand with a calculator and kept up to date in a 3-ring binder. This also required a crosstown bus ride twice a week to the only bookstore in Atlanta that carried the DRF so I could have the results charts from Birmingham. Oh the sacrifices we make for our passions.



Two books I've recently received from Amazon (Somebody stop me!) are Winning Moves: How To Win At Horse Racing--Prentice Mannetter and The Tuttle Way: Applied Methodologies on "How To" Interpret the Racing Form From A Winning Horseplayer--Joseph J. Tuttle.

Once I get around to reading them, I'll let you know what I think.

Now its off to Calder Race Course for another beautiful day of racing.