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 proper formula they need to win by betting each group. Twenty-five winning strategies are presented in seven concise chapters teaching horse goers how to find the best bets in a race, the middle odds and overlays; the weight factor; playing longshots; progressive betting systems; and the daily double, giving readers comprehensive coverage of picking winning horses. A classic with plenty of no-nonsense information.
Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897-December 6, 1985) was an American author and professional magician best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote "more than 300 novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age in the 1930s and 1940s.