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This powerful book by turf authority Walter Gibson shows experienced and novice handicappers how to profit by using winning strategies to beat the horses. This repackaged edition shows bettors learn how to analyze their real winning chances when playing favorites, middles odds and longshots, and the...

Thank you for your interest in this booklet.  The "The Basics" series, is a series of booklets designed to help you get the basics or foundations about a subject.  Time is one of our most precious resources and as such it does not comeback, for that reason the Amber siblings have created...

This book represents three decades of handicapping and betting harness races and is a summary of observations that are important to being a winning player. This book summarizes the conclusions on what made the author a winning player. There is no magic formula to become a winning player and the author...

The central focus of horse racing, much more than any other sports has always revolved around gambling, so much so that if it were removed from the equation, racing as we know it would cease to exist. From chariot racing in ancient Rome to the beginnings of modern bookmaking in the 18th century to the...

Forever at the Finish Line tells the remarkable and inspiring story of Daniel Mitrovich, a runner from San Diego, who had a goal of putting a life-size statue of New York Marathon founder Fred Lebow in Central Park. New York’s Parks Commissioner Henry Stern said “It will be easier for a camel...

"I've learned so much from Richard about marathon running. If you want to run a marathon, or a faster one, you have to read his book!" Haile Gebrselassie, first athlete to run a sub-2:04 Marathon "Richard's achievements as a world-class distance runner speak for themselves. His...

In recent times, there have been instances when some running fans, and even the media, have given much focus on the origin of athletes rather than on their achievements. It has reached a time that when an athlete runs such an amazing time for a marathon, it won’t be worth celebrating if it was run...

"Triathlon: Serious About Your Sport" is for you if you've tried a triathlon and want to take your skills to a new level, or if you already swim, cycle or run and now want to extend yourself beyond a single discipline. Experts in all three disciplines, plus specialist triathletes, will guide you through...

Ancient Greek athletics offer us a clear window on many important aspects of ancient culture, some of which have distinct parallels with modern sports and their place in our society. Ancient athletics were closely connected with religion, the formation of young men and women in their gender roles,...

A star was born on March 25, 1920 in the quiet rural community of Plowden in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica. Arthur Stanley Wint is perhaps best known as Jamaica’s first Olympic Gold Medalist and has been profiled as such in his native island’s rich athletic history. However, little is known...

Regina delle discipline olimpiche, l’atletica ha le sue lontane origini nella Grecia classica, nelle gare disputate in occasione delle feste religiose organizzate nella polis. Rinasce in Gran Bretagna nei primi trent’anni dell’Ottocento nei college universitari per trovare la sua definitiva consacrazione...

More than a decade ago, the film Field of Dreams made grown men cry with its tale of a son's quest to know his father through the magic of baseball. The mystical baseball field of that movie continues to attract thousands of visitors and here is the story of a make-believe place made real, its incredible lure, and its effect on the people who have stepped between its chalk lines.

Badminton Horse Trials is the world famous annual sporting event that tests the skills of the ultimate horse and rider. It consists of Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping. With a crowd of up to 150,000 over the long weekend of competition, the Event, started in 1949, has produced stars such as...

Traditionally the focus of triathlon is on volume, intensity, and training periodization—doing particular workouts during the months, weeks, and days leading up to a race. But what if you could improve performance without logging extra distance on the road or in the water? That is the promise of...