Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies by Richard Eng
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Book Reviews of Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies
Book Review: Great Resource!
Summary: 4 Stars
This book has taught me alot about horse racing, and had definitely aided in my enjoyment of the sport and helped me win some money! There are some chapters that are a little boring with unnecessary info.Book Review: Good book for beginners but nothing great!
Summary: 3 Stars
I would recommend the following 3 books for the horse handicapper after reading this one:
These are in no particular order, but all very helpful in my opinion.
1. The Horse Racing Guide to the Galaxy - B&W Edition The Kentucky Derby - Preakness - Belmont: The must have Thoroughbred Race Track Handicapping & Betting Book for Beginners.
2. Beyer on Speed: New Strategies for Racetrack Betting
3. Win Every Race: A Never Before Seen Wagering System Dedicated to Any Kind of Horse Racing (Alternate Cover)
and don't forget to use the "Gambling Advantage" listed in
GA is for Bitches - Volume #1 Sports Betting Guide B&W Version: The must have Sports Betting Guide for the Winningly Challenged
to really improve your overall bottom line. It really does work!
Book Review: Good introduction but.....
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is a good introduction to horse racing in general, with helpful tips for beginning handicapping. The only problem was that I wanted a good explanation of the charts in the Daily Racing Form and, as one other reviewer wrote, the charts presented here are so tiny as to be unreadable! I had to take them to a copier and blow them up almost 200% so I could understand what the author was talking about. The editor should have caught this!Book Review: Previous Knowledge Required
Summary: 2 Stars
I got this book after going to the racetrack one day and poring over the racing form in confusion. I didn't even bet because I didn't know what I was looking at. I thought this book, being of the "Dummies" variety, would be a good introduction to betting. Wrong!
I found this book very difficult to understand, and one almost certainly must have prior knowledge of betting to understand some of the concepts in this book. The author gives a lot of examples, but they are in such fine print that I couldn't read them! I would need a magnifying glass to see what he was talking about in many, many examples. He progresses very quickly from beginner definitions to advanced betting concepts, and it wasn't organized in a logical, straightforward fashion. This book is not geared toward the casual bettor like me, but more towards someone who already has some knowledge of betting and is looking to set up a money-making system.
After getting about 3/4 of the way through this book, I threw my hands up in despair and gave up. I guess I won't be betting on the horses anytime soon, because I still don't have a clue after reading this.
Book Review: For donors at the track, not winners...
Summary: 2 Stars
There's very little in this book you couldn't learn from one of the free PDF downloads on the Daily Racing Form website. It's an introduction to what happens in and around the track that doesn't help you at all with learning how to handicap. Strictly lowest common denominator stuff, nothing that will help you think for yourself at the track.
You'd be better off picking up a copy of Brad Free's brilliant Handicapping 101 instead-- This one falls far below the usual Dummies standards.