A complete yet concise annual guide to the 2005-2006 National Hunt horse racing season, featuring detailed results from last season, profiles of the 50 horses to follow, top trainers, jockeys and owners for the new season, and a racecourse guide. Regularly described as 'the best buy in racing', this annual also includes betting tips from all Racing and Football Outlook's talented punters and an interview with a leading trainer who profiles his horses for the year ahead.
Handicapping Contest Handbook, Revised and Updated
by Noel Michaels
Computer-based forecasting methods are no longer restricted to the traditional statistical methods. Knowledge-based approaches, which utilise the knowledge gained from human experts in their construction, and machine learning methods in which the computer learns from available examples without significant human intervention are now in general use as forecasting tools. This book examines the application of these methods to the domain of horseracing in Great Britain and overseas and provides a det...
Ins & Outs of On-Track & Off-Track Horse Race Betting
Steve Palmer is that rare commodity, a journalist with a huge and very loyal following for his regular columns in the Racing Post. His many thousands of fans enjoy his idiosyncratic and amusing interpretation of his own and others betting activities as well as life in general. Where others see pain and misery Steve inevitably sees a unique and amusing angle. Born to Punt brings the best of Palmer's often hilarious anecdotes and stories together under one roof for the first time. These stories fr...
The imposing presence of Gary Wiltshire has long been one of the familiar and colourful sights on the racecourses and dog tracks of Britain. Biggest of the big gamblers, Gary has been punter, racecourse bookmaker, and in recent years television pundit, heading BBC coverage of the betting ring. But there are two sides to Gary Wiltshire. One shows the genial, wise-cracking personality revelling in every angle of the betting business, the poor boy made good, with racehorses running in his colours a...
The Druid's Lodge Confederates were a syndicate of five inspired gamblers - a stud owner, a Royal vet, a Master of Foxhounds and two City financiers - who decided that racing could, and would, pay handsomely. In total secrecy, from isolated, purpose-built stables near Stonehenge, the 'Hermits of Salisbury Plain' prepared a string of horses to secure some of the most fabulous betting coups ever landed on the Turf.