Value Handicapping: The Art of Making Your Own Line and Identifying Overlays

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Summary: Lays new ground for handicappers
Review: This is one of those few books on handicapping that won't bury you in calculations. Mark Cramer ignores the traditional method of categorizing races by class, and instead offers a revolutionary set of handicapping categories.

He explores each and shows how to apply the race category toward setting a personal odds line, which either points to value bets or tells you to skip the race. I was particulary impressed with his "Lesser of Evils" race and his approach of looking for the fewest negatives instead of trying to find positives.