PC Tools for the Thoroughbred Handicapper

There are a huge number of variables that can affect the outcome of a horse race. The serious handicapper has to deal with them one way or another. The objective of this book is not to develop a handicapping "system," but to offer a number of tools that can relieve you from tedious manual calculations or check lists. It does this by describing and explaining a set of more than 25 different spreadsheets and PC programs. These range from simple odds/probabilities calculations to creating a personal odds line, to analyzing exactas, to correlation and regression analysis. What's more, all of these are available as free downloads from the internet.

Bob Pitlak has been handicapping thoroughabred races for more than 35 years, and programming personal computers nearly as long. He has created more than three dozen computer programs for handicapping races and NFL games, holds master's degrees in both science and business, and has taught computer-related courses at the college level.