Top Horse Racing Handicapping Books

These are the books on my reading list  reviews of each will soon follow

Bet with the Best: All New Strategies from America's Leading Handicappers From the Daily Racing Form Press and includes Beyer, Brohamer, Crist, Davidowitz, Litfin, Quinn, Shuback, Stich, and Watchmaker.   I'm currently reading this now

 

 

 

 

 

Exotic Betting by Steve Crist: Handicapping the races is only half the battle, betting them is the other.  In Exotic Betting Steve Crist outlines the strategy he uses for playing each type of exotic bet, from Exacta’s to the Pick 6 and every wager in between.










Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing – Tom Ainslie
Another excellent all around-  This is currently going for $.01 on Amazon used :)






 







– Money Secrets at the Racetrack by Barry Meadow:  Money management is a weakness of many horseplayers and can often be the difference between a winning and losing horseplayer.  It's the same for any type of gambling or trading.   Money Secrets at the Racetrack is far and away the best guide to proper money management and optimal value betting strategy.






 


Modern Pace Handicapping by Tom Brohamer:  Pace makes the race is one of the oldest sayings you will hear at a racetrack and Modern Pace Handicapping is the definitive book on Pace Handicapping. 






 



– The Handicapper’s Condition Book by James Quinn:  Class is an often hard to describe factor in horse racing.  A horse that wins a Maiden Special Weight may be able to step up and win an Allowance race or may need to drop into a Claiming race. 










Betting Thoroughbreds for the 21^st Century by Steve Davidowitz:  Ever look at the past performance of a horse and wonder what is this horse doing in this race today?  In Betting Thoroughbreds for the 21^st Century the answer to that question and many more will be answered.  This book covers a diverse set of topics from track bias to trainer intent and is a must read for beginning horseplayers and a welcome refresher for experienced horseplayers.by the way This benefits you much more than me.  Buy this book currently from DRF.com It's the original $25.00 for new.   Used copies are going for $100  on amazon 



The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping by James Quinn:  Over 40 handicapping ideas/methods are presented in this anthology of horse racing.  From betting strategy to pace handicapping to visual analysis of the horses in the paddock this diverse collection of writings is useful to every type of handicapper.  This book is a collection of ideas.