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Summary: This is an "old" book.
Review: First of all, I think the following review may be unfair to the author and this book. This book was written over 30 years ago, the time when I was still a baby! During this period of over 30 years, things have changed a lot regarding horse racing --- with the invention of VCR, the greatest tool in the history of horse handicapping, we can watch the replay easily to assess the performance of any horses in any races at any time; with the invention of Internet, we can now access to different information on horse racing easily; with the popularity of using PC, we can analyze data easily. These are only a few of the changes happended since 1960s. I also believe horse racing at that time was not as sophisticated as that nowadays.This book only teaches me methods regarding simple assessment on speed (comparison with par time), class (comparison among horses) and condition (comparison of recent performances among horses), with the use of numerous examples in early 1960s. I cannot tell whether these methods were sufficient at that time, but I am sure that these methods alone are not enough nowadays. I do not recommend you to read this book as the ideas presented in it are outdated. Anyway, let me finish this review by emphasizing that my review is not fair to the author and a book which was written over 30 years ago.
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Summary: This is an "old" book.
Review: First of all, I think the following review may be unfair to the author and this book. This book was written over 30 years ago, the time when I was still a baby! During this period of over 30 years, things have changed a lot regarding horse racing --- with the invention of VCR, the greatest tool in the history of horse handicapping, we can watch the replay easily to assess the performance of any horses in any races at any time; with the invention of Internet, we can now access to different information on horse racing easily; with the popularity of using PC, we can analyze data easily. These are only a few of the changes happended since 1960s. I also believe horse racing at that time was not as sophisticated as that nowadays. This book only teaches me methods regarding simple assessment on speed (comparison with par time), class (comparison among horses) and condition (comparison of recent performances among horses), with the use of numerous examples in early 1960s. I cannot tell whether these methods were sufficient at that time, but I am sure that these methods alone are not enough nowadays. I do not recommend you to read this book as the ideas presented in it are outdated. Anyway, let me finish this review by emphasizing that my review is not fair to the author and a book which was written over 30 years ago.
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Summary: The only handicapping text that really will work for you
Review: I first read this book in 1972 after I was put on to it by a doctor who had just picked 9 winners at the Pomona track in one day. I've learned the methods outlined and have tried them on four different tracks over the past 25 years. Not only do they work, but I have averaged over $240,000.00 net profit every year since 1972. If you are going to play horses this is "the book". Stan K. from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Summary: Not a clearly written text-rambles on !
Review: Mr.McKnight has a hard time putting simple basic handicapping rules into his text. It is difficult to read and understand his basic premise of speed, condition and class.Any reader would be better off betting the price of the book on a 6/5 favorite at the race track rather than invest in the book
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Summary: Not a clearly written book, but it's designed that way.
Review: Sure, McKnight takes his time getting to the secrets in this book, but it's worth it if you have the patience. The book is designed this way because McKnight feels you should earn his secrets of identifying winning horses, eliminating losing horses, and using sure-fire betting techniques. I used his system and in my limited experience as a horse better, I am still hitting with horses in the money at a 76% clip and my win percentage is 38% (over my last 100 races), which are not bad figures. With a greater understanding of horse betting and by not trying to bet as many races as possible, I think with McKnight's information I can improve my percentages even more. McKnight establishes a few different systems in this book for sprint races and routes and teaches you how to avoid races that are too difficult to figure out. He also includes a few stories about legendary horse bettors from the past. This is a great book, a quick two or three day read. The book deals primarily with the figures found in the Daily Racing Form, so get yourself a subscription to DRF online and save yourself a lot of money. The first day I used this book at Del Mar in California, I hit 8 out of 9 races. I was even hitting races I shouldn't have bet on. This book will not only find you decent payoffs on the win end, but huge overlays as well. I hit several winners at 10-1 odds or greater inside of two weeks. McKnight is a genius for horse betting. If you can crack his code in this book, you'll find the secrets you'll need at the track or at the satellite off-track.
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Summary: Not a clearly written book, but it's designed that way.
Review: Sure, McKnight takes his time getting to the secrets in this book, but it's worth it if you have the patience. The book is designed this way because McKnight feels you should earn his secrets of identifying winning horses, eliminating losing horses, and using sure-fire betting techniques. I used his system and in my limited experience as a horse better, I am still hitting with horses in the money at a 76% clip and my win percentage is 38% (over my last 100 races), which are not bad figures. With a greater understanding of horse betting and by not trying to bet as many races as possible, I think with McKnight's information I can improve my percentages even more. McKnight establishes a few different systems in this book for sprint races and routes and teaches you how to avoid races that are too difficult to figure out. He also includes a few stories about legendary horse bettors from the past. This is a great book, a quick two or three day read. The book deals primarily with the figures found in the Daily Racing Form, so get yourself a subscription to DRF online and save yourself a lot of money. The first day I used this book at Del Mar in California, I hit 8 out of 9 races. I was even hitting races I shouldn't have bet on. This book will not only find you decent payoffs on the win end, but huge overlays as well. I hit several winners at 10-1 odds or greater inside of two weeks. McKnight is a genius for horse betting. If you can crack his code in this book, you'll find the secrets you'll need at the track or at the satellite off-track.
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