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Betting on Myself: Adventures of a Horseplayer and Publisher
Author: Steven Crist
Binding: Hardcover
Published: 01 September, 2003
ISBN: 097264010X
$16.97
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Betting on Myself: Adventures of a Horseplayer and Publisher
by: Steven Crist
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 
He took the words out of my mouth: 
The nearby review - Well Written Memoir from a Fascinating Person - got all the details of a review right, so I don't need to repeat them. Enthusiastic individual believes in himself, makes good, but fails (hardly by accident) to reveal some of the "secrets" of parimutuel betting success. Kind of like that magician who just won't explain how he cut the lady in half.
Crist Cashes In A Winner:
It's always interesting to read and learn about the behind-the-scenes action that takes place during the business ventures of which the general public is not usually aware. In BETTING ON MYSELF, Steven Crist is a horseplayer who had ideas to improve the information provided to gamblers by creating an alternative publication to The Daily Racing Form (DRF). Instead, as this well written memoir details, Crist became chairman and publisher of DRF. His story serves as another example of a person who fulfills his... more info
A Must Read For Hoseplayers:
I Found This To Be Both Entertaining And Insightful.
It Is Amazing How This Individual Can Be Such A Corporate Magnate, Harvard Graduate But Yet Still Relate And Identify With The "Common Horseplayer".His Insight Ito The Interworkings Of Handicapping And Trying To Survive AS A Horseplayer Are A Must Read. I Did However Think To Much Copy Was Spent On His Relationship With The NYRA. I Would Have Loved To Have Seen More Print On His Personal On-Track Tales.
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