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  2. Andrew Beyer - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Beyer is the author of four books on racing and was The Washington Post 's horse racing columnist [2] from 1978 to his retirement in 2016. He has been honored with the Walter Haight Award for career excellence by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters and with a place on the Joe Hirsch Honor Roll at the National Museum of Racing and ...

  3. Mark Ripple - Wikipedia

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    Mark Ripple was an American money manager, expert horse racing handicapper, [1] and author of Handicapping the Wall Street Way. [2] He was frequently sought after to write articles, having written for American Turf Monthly, The Horse Jockey, CBS, and Southern Gaming Magazine.

  4. Beyer Speed Figure - Wikipedia

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    In Betting Thoroughbreds, Steve Davidowitz claimed that (in 1974), "the top-figure horse wins 35 percent of the time, at a slight loss for every $2.00 wagered." This is an example of using the top figure as a "power rating," or singular measure of a horse's ability. In horse racing, power ratings are generally called class ratings.

  5. Handicap (horse racing) - Wikipedia

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    A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, allocated by the handicapper. A better horse will carry a heavier weight, to give it a disadvantage when racing against slower horses. The skill in betting on a handicap race lies in predicting which horse can overcome its handicap. [1]

  6. Handicapping - Wikipedia

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    A handicap race in horse racing is a race in which horses carry different weights, allocated by the handicapper. A better horse will carry a heavier weight, to give him or her a disadvantage when racing against slower horses. The handicapper's goal in assigning handicap weights is to enable all the horses to finish together (in a dead heat).

  7. Phil Bull - Wikipedia

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    Phil Bull (9 April 1910 – 11 June 1989), [1] born West Yorkshire, England, was a professional gambler, racehorse owner and publisher, who founded the Timeform private handicapping system for British horseracing.

  8. Dosage Index - Wikipedia

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    The Dosage Index is a mathematical figure used by breeders of Thoroughbred race horses, and sometimes by bettors handicapping horse races, to quantify a horse's ability, or inability, to negotiate the various distances at which horse races are run. It is calculated based on an analysis of the horse's pedigree.

  9. Tote board - Wikipedia

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    Behind the betting windows at Ascot racetrack, Australia February 1939. An automatic totalisator is a device to add up the bets in a pari-mutuel betting system. The whole of the pot (the stakes on all competitors) is divided pro rata to the stakes placed on the winning competitor, and those tickets are paid out.

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