Thoroughbred Cycles

by Mark Cramer

Book Overview

Mark Cramer is at his happiest in the dim light of the off-track betting parlor, where the flickering glow of the racetrack monitors dances to the low, steady rumble of the race caller's voice. You'd... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688084508
• ISBN13: 9780688084509
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Form cycle analysis has become mainstream for handicappers of horse racing and Cramer's book here is probably the most complete on the subject. He discusses what to look for in identifying cycles from horse past performances, and includes material on how trainers fall into cycles and patterns of winning and losing as well. His methods will always have a place in the game because you will never duplicate Cramer's observations with computer programs. Cramer's material is always well written and easy to understand for students of the game.

The best book on the "ART" of handicapping written to date.

Mark Cramer has written the most thought provoking tome I've read. There are many excellent books on the "SCIENCE" of handicapping. But this book brings home the the reality that races are won by flesh and blood animals prepared by mortals (trainers) who are fraught with their own strengths and weaknessses.Anyone who extrapolates figures from services or computer programs water down the past performance to a number. Predicting the future(handicapping the "ART"), is far more involved in "cycles". This book is a must read for all serious handicappers