How to Pick a Winner

By Mary Mountier

Released for the 2004 Melbourne Cup, this guide provides astute observations and hilarious insights for both racing amateurs and seasoned racing and betting pros. Celebrating "the sport of kings," this insider's view explores the personalities, scandals, oddities, joys of ownership, social divisions, betting systems, and how it all began--blame King Charles II--while offering sound advice to newcomers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0958253803
• ISBN13: 9780958253802
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Awa Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 7.8"