Best gambling/betting/racing books

The druids lodge confedercy is a very good read.

dick francis were the best

depends what o p is looking for??

I loved the dick francis books.

the flamethrower behind the horse and the silent whistle

Betfair for dummies.

Open to any Dickie. Had a look at The druids lodge confedercy and that looks good.

Any other suggestions appreciated, synopsis a bonus

Dunno what sipnosuss means but doped is ok if you like your history.

if you want a holiday/plane read I read BORN TO PUNT STEVE PALMER,A YEAR IN GAMBLING AND GARY WILTSHIRE AUTOBIOGRAPHY on the way to/back usa.

a lot of the books about methods/systems etc are outdated imo but I would strongly recommend reading about randomness in gambling and also the mentality of a gambler

The sure thing is an interesting read on the life and gambles of Barney Curley.

The Coup by Ken Payne is the best. Barry Brogan story is a great read too but you`ll never bet another horse if you read it.

Books to avoid: Public Enemy and Bird`s biography which are nothing more than bragging journals. The former started out well but after the first couple of chapters it was like reading a book of betting slips.

Always Back Winners by Stewart Simpson is a very good book. Some useful ideas about betting  in handicap sprint races.

Facts?? Sprint races?? Going round bends more like carrying topweights with a finnishing kick?? But yep a good read

What Are The Odds, The true story of Bill Waterhouse, the top bookmaker in Australia,read about his tussels with Kerry Packer among others.

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is a good read

Phil Bull.
Since he left Timeform the standards
have declined.
They just employ the post grads.who do not
understand how to access races,but can write
essays.

kevin blakes(of atr occasionally) book it can be done is a good read...

The Nick Mordin and Tom Segal books.....

     

A new one just out is Strictly Classified by Marten Julian. Subtitled: insights into the trainer's mind.

I'm a couple of chapters in and so far it is interesting rather than useful; observations on horses from a good many trainers and jockeys on raacehorses' character and behaviour. A good stocking filler imo, especially for someone who likes racing but has not spent all his life around horses. On the downside, so far the book lacks organisation and surely an editor would have picked up some duplications.

"The Man Behind The Shades"

a great book about a remarkable gambler.

If you can ignore the rather sycophantic writing style, then Horsetrader is the finest racing book of all. A sensational read.

"Days Like These: The Education of a Racing Lover" by Jamie Reid is superb. Mixes gambling tales, genuine love of the sport and a poignant reflection on the sacrifices his parents made only realised in adulthood.

so many----personal favourites
Fun was my living --Quinten Gilbey-----(nap)
Sods I have Cut on the turf--Jack Leach
Mince Pie For starters --John Oaksey
Days Like these Jamie Reid
Seabiscuit--Laura Hillenbrand.

racing is lucky--so many books not ghosted

THE-GHOST-OF-DICKIE-BIRD    22 Oct 15 16:53 
Facts?? Sprint races?? Going round bends more like carrying topweights with a finnishing kick?? But yep a good read

Sorry Dickie, my mistake. You're absolutely correct he shunned  5 and 6f - and focussed on races between 7f and 12f.
Top weights ,winning form last time out and ability to quicken at end of a race - at turning ( ie. non galloping ) tracks .

It's me that likes the sprint handicaps !

my x wife bought me a book about 7 years back how to win at horse racing , their was a sec giving you the best sires on soft and heavy ground , i went into the bookies with the book its was welsh national loads rain about i cleaned up , and i printed a list as the ground was bog like conditions ! the booky got cleaned out and the list i printed and stuck on the wall he tore it of in a temper ans sais we dont have room for that in here , talk about sour grapes steam coming out his ears !

Facts

ghost knows a lot about sprinting , when someone reminds him the off license  is closing in 10 min ,
he is faster than a gazelle

my x wife bought me a book about 7 years back how to win at horse racingmy x wife bought me a book about 7 years back how to win at horse racing

Obviously she realized you were losing..a tip in itself

list i printed and stuck on the wall


sloppy going fairytale

Thinly veiled my ex Wife left me cos I blow all my dough on horses..

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list i printed and stuck on the wall


sloppy going fairytaleExcited  no it was not shop got cleaned out if you dont look at breeding when ground is sloppy give it up bookmakers dream you must be !

A Fine Place To Daydream is a fun read, A holiday type book.

If your answer to this question is not “Racing Maxims and Methods of Pittsburg Phil,” by Edward W. Cole (1908).

then you are doing it wrong

the first half of the question, that is

zip stolelac---Lay yourself to Barbados

intreging read of a pro gambler an his inter-action with mathematical probabilities on the exchanges