Books

[goodlife]

Five books which I always keep near to hand and on which my whole punting philosophy is based. They are listed in order of preference.

Van Der Wheil – The Golden Years,
Van Der Wheil – Systematic Betting.
Patrick Kilgallon -Bigger Profits From Handicap Races
Patrick Kilgallon – How To Beat The Handicapper
Clive Holt – Be A Successful Punter ((The later edition, published in 1988).

[Cav]

…Until such time as the collective works of Drone, Andrew Hughes and yourself are committed to print, that is. I know I’d part with the hard-earned for one of those.

Ditto.

[Cruella]

Biographies, jockeys tales and venerations of our equine heroes are not really for me, bar Simon Barnes’ excellent book exploring his year with John Dunlop (I forget the title)

Horsesweat and Tears. Fantastic book, and I’ve never begrudged John Dunlop a winner since reading it.

[endevour]

The three books that have fashioned my way of backing horses are Come fly with the butterfly who i gave to a friend and never saw it or him again,Stewart simpson always back winners,and Alex birds biography,three great books on betting.

[FlakeyDove]

I’ve quite a collection of the non-betting variety of racing books but two of the best are

Ginger McCain – From Red to Amber
Jane Schwartz – Ruffian Burning from the Start.

Even knowing the story of the latter it was still a tears job.

[moehat]

Horsesweat and tears..I must have got that out the library because I don’t own it but I’m sure I’ve read it..is it about the year when everything went wrong and then Moon Madness[?] won the St Leger?

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