horse management
The best horse racing books have a way of capturing the grace and character of the noble thoroughbred and its human companions. As a long-time horse racing fan, I’ve spent many happy hours reading about the sport, its people, history, characters, and horses. Horse racing has an unusually good body of literature for a sport that is not much in the public eye any more.
Good handicapping books were few and far between before Tom Ainslie came along. Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing was the first book to pull together a comprehensive approach to handicapping, setting it apart from the more system-based books that had previously characterized the genre. Although the Complete Guide is a bit dated today, it remains a solid overall introduction to handicapping.
Better yet, though, is Steve Davidowitz’s Betting Thoroughbreds. This fantastic book covers virtually every aspect of handicapping from speed figures to class evaluation, pedigree analysis, pace handicapping, and much more. As a guide to bread and butter handicapping, Betting Thoroughbreds is best of breed.
When it comes to horse racing books, few do it better than Andy Beyer. Although he wasn’t the first to discover and use speed figures, he was the first to popularize them; and the eponymous Beyer figures remain a staple in the Daily Racing Form today. All of Beyer’s books are worth reading, but Picking Winners, and Beyer on Speed are must reads for any enthusiast.
Those who love horse racing love it for more than the gambling aspect alone, however. The colorful characters that are staples of any race track backstretch are superb fodder for the gimlet eye of horse racing authors. Bill Nack’s Secretariat: The Making of a Champion is a fantastic behind the scenes look at the career of America’s greatest race horse.
If you haven’t picked up a copy of Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling Seabiscuit: An American Legend, run, don’t walk to your nearest book store and grab one now. It’s an amazing account of the unlikely rags to riches story of the horse, his jockey, trainer, and owner. Hillenbrand takes you back in time to when racing was America’s sport, and this little horse that could became a national star.
John Devereux loves horse racing and writes about it frequently. For more about the the literature of horse racing, visit his article about the best horse racing books. You might also be interested in his article about horse racing systems.
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The Beginners Guide to Camping with Horses and Mules This 75 Minute video is directed at horse owners wanting to develop the skills to safely and confidently use their stock in the back country. The emphasis is on stock management as well as packing technique. Subjects covered are the use and loading of both the Decker and Sawbuck pack saddle systems: knot-less packing systems, equine care and management in camp and on the trail, and more~!… |
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Horse & Equestrian Web Design Elements – Templates, Logos and Photos $69.95 Horse, Equine and Equestrian themed CD contains a collection of HTML web templates, layouts, CSS files, images, logos, and photographs all related to a horses. The CD is perfect for a small horse related business like a riding stable, horse show, large animal vet, farrier or others in the equine industry. The CD can be used businesses, needing to create a website, or promotional materials to prom… |
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Horse Works Pro HorseWorks Pro is designed for the horse business owner. It is a powerful, yet easy to use software application designed to simplify tracking, record keeping and general horse management.It also contains a full menu of management options that include tracking capability for genealogy, veterinary, farrier, breeding, production, offspring, registration and much more…. |
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Simple Living Equine Forestry DVD $15.99 Tim Carroll from Minesota sets up an old fashion logging camp near Hayward, WI. The camp has a 20 man crew, 11 horses, four saw mills, and a camp cook. The camp logged and sawed 36000 board feet in eight days using horses to pull the logs out. Find out why Tim uses horses and do they have a future in logging…. |
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Bully Dog 42160 Torque Plate $271.99 Bully Dog Torque Plates Fuel Pressure Regulator, Torque Plate, Stage 3, Dodge, Ram 2500/ 3500 Pickup 1994-98, 5.9L, Diesel, Kit… |
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Sevens $12.99 Track Listings 1. Longneck Bottle |
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Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership $10.49 In “Horses Never Lie,” acclaimed horse trainer Mark Rashid breaks new ground by challenging the longstanding belief that a person must become the “alpa leader” in order to work with horses. Instead, “Horses Never Lie” teaches you how to become a “passive leader”a reflection of the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to be around and to follow. Its a must read for all horse owner… |
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Stablekeeping: A Visual Guide to Safe and Healthy Horsekeeping (Horsekeeping Skills.) $6.50 Hill shares decades of horsekeeping experience to help readers provide a safe, efficient, healthy living environment for their horses. More than 250 photographs address topics such as stalls, tack rooms, work and storage areas, sanitation and pest control, feeding practices, safety and emergencies, and more…. |
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Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management $31.24 Mayhew’s Illustrated Horse Management |
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The Illustrated Horse Management $28.53 The Illustrated Horse Management |
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