Whats the best horse racing punting book you have read?

Betfair for dummies

? That was the con man that was Colin Davey.

This was the man down under enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBKUKKEPo4&ab_channel=HighFinance

My Sixty Years in the Ring by Geoffrey Hamlyn

Sparrow , wasn't that by Elton John ?

VALUE BETTING by Mark Coton .

I preferred the Hamlyn version, zealot.

https://puntingbooks.com.au/index.php/product/the-winning-way-to-successful-...

The manual of racehorse handicapping and form assessment by Jess Ward. Best quid i ever spent.

Timeform Black book, back in the day

Come Fly With The Butterfly by John Mort Green.

I  think most of the  punting books are now outdated in today's environment.

The trap is still set.

Book in the 70s with 'Major' in the title or author's name. Stupidly lent it to a friend who somehow conspired to lose it.

Hi seaside,

All these are great:

Speed ratings:

Picking winners - Beyer
Beyer on speed - Beyer
The winning horseplayer - Beyer
My $50k year at the races - Beyer
Mordin on speed - Mordin
Blinkers off - Cary Fotias


Handicapping:

braddocks complete guide to horserace section and betting - peter braddock this is the bible of form analysis which is a must for beginners

ainslies complete guide to thoroughbred racing - ainslie . basically the USA version of the above

one hundred hints for better bettting - mark cotton. i recommend that EVERYONE reads this book. it will instantly save you money by cutting out the simple mistakes that we all regularly make!

betting for a living. nick mordin. an old book and before computer formbooks were invented but a brilliant read

How to compile your own handicap - David Dickinson a really old book but brilliant. handicapping 101
always back winners - stewart simpson good for a few laughs
throughbred pedigrees simplified - miles napier
against the odds - david lee priest
the inside track - the professional approach. alan potts


in search of the wiining system . peter may. good intro to systems

the wiining look. nick mordin. really useful to gain an understanding of paddock inspection

value betting - mark coton. already mentioned below. an absolute must read to understand the basics of value and bookmaking

horseracing - a guide to profitable betting. peter may. another really good intro to systems


I hope that this selection helps.

The "Stewart Simpson" book is absolute garbage, might as well be a 1970s sex comedy.
Peter May and David Lee Priest carry the flag for over thinking, as does Nick Mordin sometimes, although the Winning Look is interesting.
I agree with the rest.
It's true to say most are outdated, but the basics are still essential grounding.

Brighton Rock!!

The Coup.. by the late trainer Ken Payne.

when i waz in Rampton i red how to win consistently with $400 @4/5 and a sfc inc by seaside.

waz the thinest book ive ever red..2 lines.

Win 108 every race by Hulk.

Some of the books mentioned here are available to borrow on OpenLibrary.org

Spot The Winner was a nag punting book I remember fondly, its layout was like a comic but it contained some juicy insights

Nick Mordin....."Fantasists and Liars"

I agree with Dotchinite.

Come Fly With The Butterfly by John Mort Green.

"The World's Most Powerful Racing Manual" by Russell Clarke. Still use his methods thirty-odd years on.

Is Russell Clarke still active, Stark? I vaguely remember him as a Mordin fanboi.

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Talib.

This book is the bestselling sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all about luck: more precisely, how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the markets - we hear an entrepreneur has 'vision' or a trader is 'talented', but all too often their performance is down to chance rather than skill. It is only because we fail to understand probability that we continue to believe events are non-random, finding reasons where none exist.

'One of the smartest books of all time' Fortune
'An iconoclastic tour de force ... nothing escapes his Exocets' Evening Standard
'Brilliant' John Kay
'Excellent and thought-provoking ... an entertaining book' Financial Times
'Wall Street's principal dissident' Malcolm Gladwell

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an uncompromising no-nonsense thinker for our times. He has spent his life immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge, and he has led three high-profile careers around his ideas, as a man of letters, as a businessman-trader, and as a university professor and researcher. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's School of Engineering. He is the author of the 4-volume INCERTO (Antifragile, The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and The Bed of Procrustes). Taleb refuses all awards and honours as they debase knowledge by turning it into competitive sports.


Each to their own though , obviously not for everyone and certainly not for those who refuse to change their methods   

Not the best but for sheer entertainment Harry's book was a good read.

Mordin not fit to write Russ Clarke's betting slips out. I've backed more double figure winners than you can shake a stick at as a result of reading Russ's book.

Stark, is that book still able to be purchased .....online?

Against the crowd Alan Potts

We had the pleasure of reading Alan's thoughts before he exclude himself from BF. Pity as always a good write up.

**excluded

Against the crowd strategies should be integrated somehow into all punters heads , why would anyone want to follow a 98% long term losing crowd.

If you're looking in Alan , you're sadly missed by all.

Stew - no, rare as hen's teeth. Saw a copy a couple of years ago on ebay. The seller let it go for twenty five quid, obviously had no idea what it was really worth.

Stew - no, rare as hen's teeth. Saw a copy a couple of years ago on ebay. The seller let it go for twenty five quid, obviously had no idea what it was really worth.

I dispute that Hayden. 99% losing crowd would be more accurate.

Gamblers are dreamers. Fantasists full of hard luck stories.

You need an edge and if you have one, you might win. Nobody can win betting horses pre-race.

... and I include myself in the 99% bracket. Sure you`ll get the occasional big win or profitable week. But no matter how much one wins, we all want more. There is no finishing line. To perhaps win you need Discipline and 99% of gamblers have no discipline. That`s a fact. Why? Because gambling is more addictive than cocaine.

Aren't we saying the same thing Mac or have i posted it badly , if you follow the 98% popularity bets then you can't be one of the other 2%.

We are in 100% agreement Hayden.

All I know is that I am in the top 100% of punters and have bags of experience at putting on bets. 

Me too LH!

Are you watching the Utd match live on BBC? They have been awful. Amazing thing is that it is still 0-0. I must be mad betting them at 1/2.