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Definitely aimed at horseplayers who have the handicapping basics down, “Handicapping for Bettor or Worse,” by John Lindley (Eclipse Press), covers some familiar territory, but most of its pages are devoted to topics given short shrift in other handicapping guides, such as the thinking of horses. Do horses know they’ve won or lost? Probably not, says Lindley, and you shouldn’t let such assumptions about a horse’s knowledge get in the way of betting.
