Draft:Dave Litfin
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Dave Litfin (1958-2022), was a widely-respected thoroughbred horse racing handicapper and columnist for The Daily Racing Form over a career spanning more than three decades.[1][2][3][4]
He authored two books on the subject of horse racing, Dave Litfin's Expert Handicapping: Winning Insights into Betting Thoroughbreds[5] and Real-Life Handicapping: An Eclectic Horseplayers Year at the Track[6]. Litfin also appears as a guest author in Andrew Beyer's Bet With the Best 2: Longshots[7].
After his passing in 2022[8], Litfin was honored with a memorial street, "Litfin Lane" at the Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Ranch in Georgetown, KY.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former DRF handicapper Litfin dies at age of 64". www.drf.com. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ TDN, The (2022-11-18). "Dave Litfin, Former Handicapper for the Form, Dies at 64". TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ Podlaski, Tony (2023-07-21). "Celebrating the Life of Dave Litfin". Saratoga TODAY newspaper. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ Gazette, More from the Daily (2023-07-19). "Saratoga Race Course: Family, friends, colleagues remember longtime handicapper, writer Dave Litfin — TAG at the Track". The Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ Litfin, Dave (1995). Dave Litfin's Expert Handicapping: Winning Insights into Betting Thoroughbreds. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-52781-1.
- ^ Litfin, Dave (1997). Real-Life Handicapping: An Eclectic Horseplayers Year at the Track. City Miner Books. ISBN 978-0933944183.
- ^ Beyer, Andrew, ed. (2008). Bet with the best. 2: Longshots. New York: Daily Racing Form Press. ISBN 978-1-932910-81-0.
- ^ Staff, Paulick Report (2022-11-18). "Handicapper, Columnist Dave Litfin Dies At 64". Paulick Report | Latest news and commentary from the horse racing and equine world. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ^ "Old Friends Street Sign Dedication Set for May 7". bloodhorse.com.