Billy Ashabraner's Insights Into Racing

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OWNERS, TRAINERS,BREEDERS, & HANDICAPPERS

TThe small outfits are the backbone of racing. They never get any credit for it. The big tracks have driven them away by not giving them enough stalls or none at all. It has backfired on them and now they are running at other tracks. 60-70 % of the races all over the country are cheap races. These races have big fields that the everyday handicapper wants to bet on. Not short fields with a horse even money or less. My book is about my life as a small time owner, trainer, & handicapper. The book tells of the things that I did wrong and the things that I did right. I wrote it hoping it would it would help the small outfits in this tough game of horse racing.

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After 15 years betting and handicapping horses, Billy Ashabraner decided the only way he would really understand racing was to move to the backside and become a trainer and owner. Thirty-five years later, his impressive list of winners includes Mr. David D., Uncle Fudge, Port Arthur, How Rare, and Air Craft.

Few railbirds could make the transition, and fewer still could accomplish what Billy Ashabraner did. He went to the barns at Churchill Downs and offered to work for free in order to learn the business. He started by mucking stalls and eventually climbed to the top of the trainers' list, won the Governor's Cup, had an early Derby favorite, ran the claimer of the year, became a successful owner, and advised many well-known horsemen on all aspects of racing.

Ashabraner explains his philosophy of how to choose horses - whether it is to bet on them, to train them, to own them, or to turn them from losers into winners. You won't find a hand check on any page, as Billy tells it like it was and is.