Trainer Angles: Maximizing Profits using Formulator Software and Advanced Trainer Stats
"As one of the minority who believes that trainer stats are  the primary factor in handicapping, I hesitated on praising Keppler's fine  book on trainer specialty angles, fearing that my odds might be impacted.   But with most players deeply conditioned to prioritize speed, pace, form  and class, I think the odds for trainer players will remain in the  profitable zone even after his book becomes the hit it deserves to be." -Mark Cramer, author of Scared Money, Kinky Handicapping, and editor of the  monthly C & X Racing Report. "Daily Racing Form's Dean Keppler details a new age approach with the DRF's  Formulator 4. Focusing on betting the trainer's statistical win rates and  return on investment (ROI), Keppler demands proof the trainer has a long  term win rate and positive ROI move before he bets. His methodical approach  allows all players to understand how to acquire the knowledge and skill to  learn how to win by requesting information from the Formulator 4.0  database."  -Ed Bain, author of the book 4 +30 and editor and publisher of the  newsletter Layoffs and Claims. "Beyond raw ability of a horse, no handicapping factor is more important  than the ability of a horse's trainer. Longtime horseplayer Dean Keppler  offers a fitting means of trainer analysis in his easy, entertaining text  Trainer Angles. Citing coast-to-coast examples of trainer statistics in  Daily Racing Form past performances while introducing the potential of  Formulator software." --Brad Free, handicapper for Daily Racing Form "In a handicapping world that is teeming with sharp players and supposed  "wise guys" there are only a few edges left.  And Keppler has zoomed in on  one of them: TRAINER ANGLES.  Whether you are a weekend warrior or daily  player, Trainer Angles will provide you with dozens of gold nuggets and get  you thinking about the one player who controls the horse: the trainer!   This is a must-read book." --Jim Mazur, President of Progressive Handicapping and author of The  Gulfstream Handicapper and other meet specific trainer angle books."Horseplayers that imagine they know it all when it comes to trainer  performance, patterns, and profiles, almost certainly know lots less than  they think they know. Anyone who cares to dispute the assertion must read  Keppler's amazingly advanced treatment of the nation's trainers and their  habits.Using "filters," the keys to the trainer vaults, from DRF's  Formulator 4.1 software, Keppler reveals how trainers known to win with 18  percent of their first starters in maiden races might instead be winning  with an exceptional 26 percent of their 3-year-old colts, but with a mere 6  percent of their 2-year-old fillies.Modern handicappers wanting the postmodern edge on trainers need to  possess that kind of well-filtered information. And they will discover  hundreds of similar nuggets in this excellent and meticulously-researched  book. Not even the most up-to-date local trainer expert can afford to  ignore this powerful national resource." -James Quinn, author of 10 books on Thoroughbred handicapping