1 comments about Complete Thinking Man's Guide to Handicapping and Training.

1. Katcha Goodwon, The Complete Thinking Man's Guide to Handicapping and Training (Westcliff Publications, 1982)

   The title of this book is somewhat bold, and for that matter somewhat inaccurate. The handicapping half of Mr. Goodwon's book is pretty much a rehash of much that had been written over the twenty years previous in the handicapping world; one can find traces of many other racing authors in there (for some reason, the work of Bob McKnight especially came to mind as I was reading this.)

   The value in this book, for the handicapper who wishes a more complete knowledge of the game, is in the training section. Most racing fans, at most levels, don't get much insight into how the training game is played, and this book provides some of it in the same way Joseph Davidson's All Horse Races Are Fixed gives us a look at the vets' side of things. Unfortunately, Complete Thinking Man... suffers from the same shortcomings in this regard as does Davidson's book; the pseudonymous owner/trainer who wrote this seems to have an especially jaundiced eye towards at least some of his compatriots (but then, I guess that's to be expected from a writer; the satisfied ones don't speak up much).

   Still, taken with a grain of salt, it's a fun little read. Don't expect to enrich your handicapping knowledge in any practical way, if you've read more than three or four handicapping books that have come out since the sixties, but you can get a quick overview of some of the things that go on in the morning most fans don't have a clue about. ***

1 comments about Bits, Patterns & Reining.

1. Western or English, for Training, re-training, correcting problems, making better bit selections, timing out your training, programing your student horses...., spin, rollbacks, learn to neck rein very well, make balance stops, side pass, patterns, glosary of horse terms, 166 pages detailed illustrations.
   The most complete book published !!
   
   ¡¡¡Para entrenar al Pony de Polo, al Caballo de Rienda, el Caballo Vaquero de Trabajo y mas....,!!!
   
   Para las disciplinas Inglesas u Occidentales (caballo vaquero), para entrenar, re-entrenar, corregir problemas, hacer una mejor seleccion de embocaduras o frenos, darle el tiempo adecuado tus entrenamientos, programar a tus potros alumnos..., vueltas sobre las piernas, vas aprender a trabajar muy bien con la rienda indirecta, vas a hacer paradas con balance, pasos laterales, guias o patrones de entrenamiento, glosario de terminos equinos, son 166 paginas con ilustraciones detalladas.
   
   ¡¡¡Es el libro mas completo que se haya publicado!!!

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