Paul Jones, the author of the Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide – which analyses past trends as a guide to future winners – is not too concerned that no horse has ever regained the championship after losing it.
For example, many funding agencies don't rely on scores alone to award all grants; they have program managers who review the scores and use them as one, albeit important, guide to picking winners.
David Cameron's claim back in 2008 that sentiment in the Essex seat would be a guide to the winner of the next general election looks like it could be coming back to haunt him.
Up until 6 20 p.m. on the first Saturday in May, Jose Santos could cruise into the backside of Belmont Park, don his riding helmet, grab his stick and quietly work out horses in the mornings that he hoped to guide to the winner's circle on some other afternoon.
Scratch the surface with our guide to the week's winners and winners.
Not really a guide to being a winner in this world unless you are about love, justice, peace, you know that kind of thing.
In a brutal kick in the teeth for those of us who were planning on doing our best work in November and December, GQ has announced its Men of the Year, and the final list is a peculiar mix of the annoying, the half-decent and the Men Who Haven't, On the Face of It, Had a Particularly Good Year At All. Here's an alternative guide to some of GQ's winners.
Success with Science: The Winner's Guide to High School Research is written by five current or recent Harvard undergraduates, who have all been nationally recognized at major research competitions; the foreword is by Nobel Prize winner Dudley Herschbach.
The book, "The Winners Manual," is a guide to applying lessons learned in football to everyday life, written by Jim Tressel, Ohio State University's head football coach, with Chris Fabry.
Each day we'll send you a catch-up of the latest winners and losers, a guide to the highlights of the day, plus all the news you need and the stories you might have missed.
