It has been practically 20 years since Richard Eng was contacted by a consultant of Wiley & Sons publishing to put in writing a e-book designed to coach newcomers to horse racing on methods to handicap and wager on what is usually a very sophisticated and intimidating sport.

The e-book, “Betting on Horse Racing for Dummies,” was a part of the corporate’s “dummies” model of “taking up advanced ideas and making them simple to grasp.” They’ve printed a whole lot of titles for “dummies.”

“Betting on Horse Racing for Dummies” has been profitable to the purpose that Eng was requested by the writer one 12 months in the past to replace the e-book in areas which have modified over the past twenty years. The revision was a digital rewrite of your complete e-book.

A longtime racing publicist, handicapper, newspaper columnist and radio host, Eng joins Ray Paulick and bloodstock editor Joe Nevills on this week’s Friday Present to debate the “Dummies” e-book, methods to introduce new folks to racing, and his ideas on how the sport is ever evolving.

Watch this week’s episode of The Friday Present beneath: