- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Raceform Ltd (16 April 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906820538
- ISBN-13: 978-1906820534
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Having carefully scrutinised and digested 66 pages of Jon Gibby's thoughtful, clinically researched work I reached a line on the John Best trained three-year-old Agent Archie that screamed confidence-"I will be staggered if he can't win off a mark of 75".<BR>It's the sort of unequivocal opinion you like to see and had me reaching for the racingpost.com website to check when the beast of little burden might be likely to make its seasonal return. No forward entries listed, just a result, for last Tuesday, a winner at Yarmouth, off a mark of 75, at 16/1.<BR>Gibby..has discarded his old methodology based on draw bias as it became too widely used when everyone latched on to it - possibly after reading the author's earlier work Betting on Flat Handicaps.<BR>If, like me, you find handicaps a riddle you're never able to solve, then this book will do most of the legwork for you. Despite Gibby's expert trend analysis, he generally writes with a surprisingly light, readable touch from an angle that is heavy on information.<BR>And his model works, a Classic case being his selection of Sariska in last year's Oaks - true, not a handicap, but impossible not to mention - at 33/1, and on the basis of just one outing as a two-year-old.<BR>Raring to take on the bookies? Better read on and fast.<BR> --Racing Post 2nd May 2010 by Joseph Isherwood
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When Jon Gibby wrote the third edition of his successful and popular book Betting on Flat Handicaps in 2005 he admitted that the growing influence of the betting exchanges and the ever increasing amount of information available to punters had made it harder to maintain an edge over the crowd. In order to preserve his advantage he had to search for information not widely employed by other punters and to become better than them at interpreting it. Well-handicapped Horses brings punters up to date with the enforced changes that he has made to his methodology. Subjectivity has become his watchword and he now concentrates on interpreting the limited and often obscure form of lightly raced horses and seeks to identify and back those that are well handicapped before the fact that they are becomes obvious to the crowd. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the methods described Gibby suggested several well-handicapped horses to follow and they included Agent Archie (won at 16/1 & 7/1), Eltheeb (won 5/2) and he also suggested Workforce for the Derby (16/1 at the time of publication). Black Spirit at 33/1 was another good winner for the book on Saturday 3 July (page 84).
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I looked forward with eager anticipation to reading Jon Gibby's new book: I was not disappointed.His first,"Betting on Flat handicaps," was a welcome change from the fare often dished up -- re-hashed advice on Course, Distance,Trainers etc etc.Instead, Mr Gibby gave us a fresh approach, intelligently written and with some style, to finding winners. And, as in the first book, he looks to select horses that are often ignored in favour of the obvious "form horses".
The first book placed much emphasis on draw bias, He recognises that, for various reasons, selections based entirely on such a principle have become less profitable or, indeed, the biases themselves have on many racetracks been nullified. So, a new methodology ----
He states in the opening chapter that he is " less interested in anything that is well understood by the betting public. I now concentrate on horses that are open to improvement." Thus, once again, he delivers a thoughtful treatise on obtaining an edge, on selecting unexposed horses at attractive odds.
It would be unfair to the author, and would lead to gross over-simplification, if I were to attempt a précis of the methods outlined in the book. Better, I think, to commend the publication to all who are seeking a better understanding of the sport and , lets be honest, to make it pay.
The first book placed much emphasis on draw bias, He recognises that, for various reasons, selections based entirely on such a principle have become less profitable or, indeed, the biases themselves have on many racetracks been nullified. So, a new methodology ----
He states in the opening chapter that he is " less interested in anything that is well understood by the betting public. I now concentrate on horses that are open to improvement." Thus, once again, he delivers a thoughtful treatise on obtaining an edge, on selecting unexposed horses at attractive odds.
It would be unfair to the author, and would lead to gross over-simplification, if I were to attempt a précis of the methods outlined in the book. Better, I think, to commend the publication to all who are seeking a better understanding of the sport and , lets be honest, to make it pay.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read many books on handicapping horse races, and the British fare has usually left me disappointed. This book is a refreshing exception to that rule. While the author's method isn't exactly rocket science, it is well-explained, logical and actually convinced me that it should go into my handicapping toolbox from now on.
Easy read, thoroughly recommended.
Easy read, thoroughly recommended.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This opened my eyes to some things about racing that I had hadn't thought about before.It has certainly got me thinking- if only that the way to profit is not to follow the herd.I read the book quickly and will read it again as it will reward a thorough understanding I think.For sure this is a book with a difference - the nearest you can get to the American books- except you can apply this directly to the English racing scene.
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