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5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful, exciting and thought-provoking, 20 Jul 2003

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This review is from: Winning without Thinking: The Definitive Guide to Horse Race Betting Systems (Best bet books) (Hardcover)

This book is masterful, exciting, thought-provoking and probably the best I have ever read on how to make the game pay.

Stephen Mainwaring’s review is odd. He seems to reject an ‘Americanisation’ of the book as though trivial terminology matters in the slightest. This book is written squarely for the British market, not the American, and a superb job it does too.

Having read Mordin’s first book, Betting For A Living, and found that quite the most revealing book I had ever read to the point, I find Winning Without Thinking a superlative advance on his thinking. The author will, I’m sure, be the first to admit that the title is a misnomer, because thinking is very much what he advises. But it is a clever title none-the-less. Yes you have to think like mad, but having thought, then must put aside all the usual ‘conventional’ reasoning for picking a selection and just believe the elements you have isolated even if from a normal point of view it may look dubious. This is the ‘without thinking’ part, a trusting of your methods and judgment. As Sherlock Holmes said (no doubt I paraphrase), “when you have removed the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, has the answer”. That is exactly how Mordin urges us to think, pointing out that if you behave like the crowd you will suffer the same fate as the crowd – namely, you are absolutely bound to lose money over the long-term.

This is a powerful treatise built on the sort of experience of an utter professional who is erudite, humorous and possessing insights into the game greater than any other I have ever read. I agree wholeheartedly with the Pacemaker review which states: “this sort of counter-intuitive thinking is thrilling to read”. That is exactly right, and I thoroughly recommend this book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars more of the same, 20 May 2002

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This review is from: Winning without Thinking: The Definitive Guide to Horse Race Betting Systems (Best bet books) (Hardcover)

Mordin has always had an american slant. Some of his work is based on techniques devised by Quinn, Quirrin, Mitchell, Beyer etc. But this book is even more Americanised. More compact chapters than his previous books; lots of graphs and charts; quotes at the start of each chapter; mentions of the word 'candy' instead of 'sweets' etc. All very americanised for appealing to the yanks as well as the brits.

The book is about systems - systems for use with british racing. But if you are a Mordin fan you are not going to read anything new in this book.

Winning Without Thinking is a collection of what Mordin considers to be his best systems. But reading between the lines reveals few clues to making it big at horseracing.

One major grievance with this book is Mordins hyping up of Racing System Builder and Raceform. With all the hyping it makes you wonder if Mordin has become so americanised that he has sold his systematic soul for a slice of the commercial branding pie.

For die hard Mordin fans the book has nothing new to offer. Only new converts to 'Mordinism' and new punters who believe that winning systems can be made will enjoy this book...

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