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The Black Book was definitely a weekly publication, certainly from the mid-seventies onwards. It's what got me into racing. My dad used to buy Timeform cards from a newsagents on Arundel Gate in Sheffield - and they did give him an edge, although he was too indisciplined in his approach to betting to make the most of it - but they were quite pricey and he got better value if he bought a Black Book and paid his teenage son a bit of pocket money to go through all the cards and work out the weight-adjusted ratings. Said teenage son gradually started betting himself on the apparent "good things" and the rest is history...