The Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide to Betting Thoroughbreds


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This step-by-step guide takes the intimidation out of betting at the racetrack. Readers learn about types of wagers from straight to exotic, how odds are set, and how to place a bet and cash a ticket. In addition, the guide explains how to read past performances. Workouts, medication, and equipment as they relate to wagering are also discussed.




Barbara Livingston's Saratoga


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Livingston's heart-felt images and words capture a Saratoga alive with history, tradition, and beauty.




The Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide to Auctions


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"This guide identifies the types of sales, companies that conduct them, what horses cost, and how to seek and obtain reliable advice. How sales work, from applying for credit to obtaining fall-of-the-hammer insurance, also is explained. In addition, the guide provides legends of the layout of sales grounds" -- publisher website (April 2007).




Book Review Index


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Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.




The Publishers Weekly


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The Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide to Breeding Thoroughbreds


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A complex enterprise such as breeding Thoroughbreds needs a good handbook, especially for the novice. The Blood-Horse Authoritative Guide to Breeding Thoroughbreds is just such a tool. It lays a solid foundation for venturing into a complicated and risky undertaking. This comprehensive reference, compiled by the staff of The Blood-Horse, America's leading weekly Thoroughbred racing magazine, provides the overview any horse owner needs to enter the breeding business. Information covered ranges from finding a mare and choosing a stallion to formulating a business plan and negotiating breeding contracts.




Forthcoming Books


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The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing


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An authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference, which tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day.