Aesculus Press publishes sports related titles:

Mordin on Time

by Nick Mordin

In Mordin on Time, Nick sets out his unique method for answering the most fundamental question facing punters in any race, namely: which is the fastest horse? Nick’s credentials in this area are second to none. He was timing the section of races with a stopwatch, estimating wind strength and direction, adjusting for movements of running rails, using projected times and calculating average times years before the best selling American books on speed rating were published.

You’ll read here how Nick has done away with the complex adjustments and unscientific methods that have put people off using other means of producing speed ratings.

Whining Without Thinking
A Guide to Horse Race Betting Systems

by Nick Mordin

Nick estimates he has spent over 30,000 hours researching racing results over the years. His aim has been to uncover the principle that govern the betting market and racing results themselves.

In conducting his research Nick has tested thousands of systems, both his own and those developed by academics, professional gamblers and others around the globe. In Winning Without Thinking he shares the fruits of his work. It makes fascinating read.

Britain’s 100 Extraordinary Golf Holes: An Illustrated Guide To The Country’s Challenging, Extreeme And Unusual Golf

by Geoff Harvey and Vanessa Strowger

Britain’s 100 Extraordinary Golf Holes is a collection of country’s amazing golfing rarities – with graphic ravines, heart-stopping carriers, rollercoaster greens, shots over the sea, plenty of vast bunkers and a few inquisitive sheep and cattle thrown in for good measure.

Authors Geoff Harvey and Vanessa Strowger have compiled the book from detailed research of Britain’s 3000 courses, putting a selection to an independent panel of amateur golfers to arrive at a Top 100. Each has been meticulously photographed with a trajectory superimposed to show the best line of fire.

Complete with succinct and amusing comentaries on each holes’ attributes, Britain’s 100 Extraordinary Golf Holes will amaze and inspire everyone who has interest in the game.

Rivals
The Offbeat Guide to the 92 League Clubs

by Geoff Harvey and Vanessa Strowger

Rivals The Offbeat Guide to the 92 League Clubs consists of most of the material that nobody has dared to compile, but the sort of thing that fans debate endlessly; the dubious chants, the maddest chairman, the most unruly fans, whether the club is genuine “sleeping giant” or a dwarf on a life support machine.

It is the first book to assess the strength of every one of the English League football rivalries – a sort of “who hates who?” of modern game – not just the publicised loathing, like that of Arsenal by Tottenham, but the background of the equally intense derby matches between the likes of Cambridge and Peterborough, and Chester and Wrexham.

Based on fans’ testimonies, each club’s listing is complete with its own unique “value for money” rating – a reflection of fans’ contenment; a “nutter rating” – the chance of them causing trouble; their loves, hates, cock-ups and how their team is doing compared to historical average.

The Essential Scottish Football Fan

by Duncan Adams

The definitive guide to Scottish premier and football league grounds.

Racing around Britain

by Stephen Cartmell

Writer and psychologist Stephen Cartmell set off to explore Britain using the cultural melting pot of the UK’s 59 racecourses as his staging posts. During his travel the author observed the frequent absurdity of the British, the peculiarities of their institutions and and developed a satirical critique of one of the country’s favourite pastimes.

With his acute eye for observation, an appreciation of the ridiculous and the ability to find humour even in the face of petty officialdom, this acclaimed book is not simply a travelogue of racing but a key to understanding Britain and its curiously comical inhabitants. Racegoer, traveler or first time visitor, Stephen Cartmell’s colourful stories are sure to entertain.

“An enjoyable book split into 59 easy chapters… highly amusing” (Channel 4)

“A thoroughly entertaining, amusing and accurate collection of stories.” (John Reid, winning jockey of the Arc de Triomphe and Derby)

“Cartmell is afraid of offending no one… he peppers his droll prose with some scathing criticism. A kind of “Rough Guide” counterpoint to the glossy and over polite Traveling The Turf Annual” (Racing Post)