Tom Barrister
10-16-2008, 06:11 PM
This book is available from The PA user "Niko", who is an authorized advertiser here. You can find it at:
http://www.winmoneybetting.com/Horseracingcourse.html
Without getting into a lot of detail, the book presents some interesting points of view. While nothing in the Catalysts (essentially, trainer-based, with a few horse-based factors) section is earth-shaking or new, it's presented intelligently, and the combination of catalysts makes good sense.
Several example races are laid out, with great detail as to how to go about using the catalysts. Then pace-shapes are introduced; again nothing novel, but they're tied into the rest of the methodology. More example races follow. A short section about record-keeping and money management follows, and the author has some interesting views.
Next is a chapter about using a computer program. The author at one point had a computer program for sale; while it's still on his site, correspondence with him suggests that the program may no longer be for sale, and frankly, I'm not sure the Catalysts, which are somewhat judgement-based, can be quantified correctly.
To me, the remainder of the book is a key selling point. In different chapters, the author talks about betting stratgies, a return to money management, a discussion about "Why people lose", and some generalized discussion about handicapping. Some condensed stakes race examples follows. A couple of "Bonus articles" are tacked onto the end which present some unique views.
While I don't agree with everything the author has to say, his views are valid or at least reasonable. I cannot imagine a single handicapper out there, including long-time professionals, who won't find something in this book that will help them, and most of us will find several things of interest: ideas we hadn't thought of, ideas that we never really thought through that make sense once we see them, different perspectives on things, etc. Something, or several somethings, will be of use to most if not all who read this book.
While this probably isn't a standalone method to riches, it does contain useful material for all. Those looking for a magic Black Box Yum Yum Tree won't find it here (or anywhere else, for that matter). However, I highly recommend "Winning Moves" to anybody who feels that if they learn something important from a book, it's worth what was paid for it.
http://www.winmoneybetting.com/Horseracingcourse.html
Without getting into a lot of detail, the book presents some interesting points of view. While nothing in the Catalysts (essentially, trainer-based, with a few horse-based factors) section is earth-shaking or new, it's presented intelligently, and the combination of catalysts makes good sense.
Several example races are laid out, with great detail as to how to go about using the catalysts. Then pace-shapes are introduced; again nothing novel, but they're tied into the rest of the methodology. More example races follow. A short section about record-keeping and money management follows, and the author has some interesting views.
Next is a chapter about using a computer program. The author at one point had a computer program for sale; while it's still on his site, correspondence with him suggests that the program may no longer be for sale, and frankly, I'm not sure the Catalysts, which are somewhat judgement-based, can be quantified correctly.
To me, the remainder of the book is a key selling point. In different chapters, the author talks about betting stratgies, a return to money management, a discussion about "Why people lose", and some generalized discussion about handicapping. Some condensed stakes race examples follows. A couple of "Bonus articles" are tacked onto the end which present some unique views.
While I don't agree with everything the author has to say, his views are valid or at least reasonable. I cannot imagine a single handicapper out there, including long-time professionals, who won't find something in this book that will help them, and most of us will find several things of interest: ideas we hadn't thought of, ideas that we never really thought through that make sense once we see them, different perspectives on things, etc. Something, or several somethings, will be of use to most if not all who read this book.
While this probably isn't a standalone method to riches, it does contain useful material for all. Those looking for a magic Black Box Yum Yum Tree won't find it here (or anywhere else, for that matter). However, I highly recommend "Winning Moves" to anybody who feels that if they learn something important from a book, it's worth what was paid for it.