Betting Maidens and 2-Year-Olds: Analytical Approach to Future Winners (Elements of Handicapping) |  | Author: Dan Illman
Publisher: DRF Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 824,723
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0972640142
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.401
EAN: 9780972640145
ASIN: 0972640142
Publication Date: January 25, 2005
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Product Description
This book is an informative account on profitable ways to handicap juvenile and maiden races through sire and trainer profiles, breeding and workout information. First of its kind to thoroughly cover baby races, juvenile horses and older maidens.
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 Geared more to juveniles than 3yo+ maidens... June 8, 2005
I. Lozada (Lexington, KY)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Dan Illman's first book for DRF Press is a nice companion to Lauren Stich's Pedigree Handicapping, also from DRF Press. While Ms. Stich's work focuses more on overall pedigree, Illman's piece has a distinct tilt towards win early types, which is helpful with early season racing at Keeneland, Belmont and Churchill Downs particularly. This one will help you more for analyzing the stallion side of the pedigree, but I would have liked to have seen more on the wider range of maiden races, including maiden claiming races and greater analysis of turf racing.
Use this one to supplement the Stich book rather than as a starting place.
Productive and well written March 12, 2006
David Bridgforth (Tennessee)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Picking a winner from a race where nobody has won before is inherently difficult, and picking winners from entries that have never raced before can be even more difficult. Illman effectively presents material on how to approach these tasks by presenting examples of numerous angles and factors and how statistically significant they have been. I believe that by using some of the ideas here, a handicapper can generate an edge on the masses.
 betting maidens and 2 year old July 20, 2005
Gurney Masters (florida)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book was a disappointment.
It was more of a historical account of specific horses and races rather than a how to as it proclaimed.
It was very hard to follow and I kept waiting for him to get to the point. Very boring and monotonous.
 Quality piece of dump September 28, 2007
J. Guariglia (NY, NY)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book has a great title and the backing of the DRF; that's where the quality stops. The author is a young kid with little gambling experience, but it really seems like he spent more time on the computer than at the track. He gives you page after page of data that can probably be put into a 2 page spread sheet.
Not worth $5, let alone $20
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