A walk into greatness: Summer 2017 visits to Tesio’s horse stables and the Sassicaia winery

William T. Ziemba

Chapter 26 in Exotic Betting at the Racetrack, 2019, pp 455-464 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Horse breeding, racing and top quality wine production go hand in hand. I was fortunate to visit the stables of Frederico Tesio, an Italian breeder, trainer and co-owner of perhaps the world’s greatest collection of race horses ever. Tesio was born in Turin on January 17, 1869 and died at 85 on May 1, 1954. He was orphaned at six and graduated from the University of Florence…

Keywords: Efficient; Inefficient; Racetrack; Betting; Market; Exotic Betting; Race; Handicapping; Strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 C1 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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