Good templates for quick references

Barry Meadows statigies for Win Place Show, Daily Doubles, Exactas, and Pick-3's were excellent. The charts he has availble for the reader are very handy for these types of wagers. When I make these bets these are the only methods I use.

The Trifecta techniques were so-so, and I was very disapointed that the book didn't cover the Superfecta. I also would have liked it, if the Place Pick All were covered, but I haven't found a book yet that gives advise on this type of bet.

The Pick-4 and Pick-6 Templates are great. I always refer to the templates when I have to bring the cost of my ticket down. It's quick and easy.



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Racetrack Math for Dummies

Meadows helps to boil down some complex calculations (that you can use in the 30 minutes between races) to help serious bettors make smart plays, especially on exactas and other exotics. He provides convenient, reproducible charts that help you see at a glance which exacta combos make sense for you. He also gives you a way to find show and place bets with value, something many other books ignore or only give lip service to.

Don't expect much from this book if you're not a handicapper who makes your own line, all the management comes from the difference in your odds and the public's. And he doesn't show you how to make a line - there are plenty of other books that help with that.

For those reviewers who were put off by the larger bankrolls Meadows uses in his examples, the strategies work just as well for a $2 bettor as a $200 one, it's just a matter of moving the decimal point!

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Best Of Its Kind

Barry Meadow's "Money Secrets At The Racetrack" is the best book ever written on the subject of money management and the science of betting on horses, in my opinion. He covers every aspect of wagering and has used extensive research to formulate his ideas. In the parlance of racing, this book is a "sure thing" to improve the success of every bettor, whether novice or veteran.

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