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What should a genuinely good horse racing form analyst actually expect to win in a year? In April 2009, in Brian Blackwell's Practical Punting series Attainable Targets, the American handicapper J...
A basic horse racing form study mistake, says American handicapping expert James Quinn: crossing off too many horses too early, because they haven't run within 30 to 45 days or their last race loo...
A professional horse racing handicapper on why a betting plan that once paid can stop working, and why, after a frustrating two hours of placed win bets, he still won't bet them to place. In Februa...
How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...
Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...
Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, and a bet on the one whose name you liked. Writing in Practical Punting in September 2000, Richard Hartley Jnr...
Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing", as Richard Hartley Jnr put it in Practical Punti...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back. Writing in Practical Punting Magazine, Richard Ha...
Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Writing in Practical Punting in June 2000, Richard Ha...
Glen Boss knew star Sydney filly Samantha Miss had the physical requirements to run a big race in the Cox Plate before he rode her for the first time at Moonee Valley.But after learning a bit more ...
Champions Glen Boss and Craig Williams, refreshed after overseas stints, will strengthen Melbourne's jockey ranks with good books of rides at Flemington on Saturday.Boss rode 11 winners during a 2-...
Glen Boss has ridden his fair share of outstanding three-year-olds during his career and believes Smart Missile can join them after partnering the unbeaten colt to an easy trial win on Friday.So im...
Glen Boss moved 10 wins clear of Luke Nolen at the top of the metropolitan jockeys' premiership table after partnering lightly-raced five-year-old British General to victory in today's Dorevitch Pa...
Betstar's Alan Eskander says Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes favourite Whobegotyou is under the odds with most outlets and he's happy to take on Mark Kavanagh's stable star. While most bookies have Whobeg...
Trainer Nikki Burke will by guided by the opinion of top jockey Glen Boss when she makes a decision on starting honest sprinter Not A Copy in the Christmas Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.Burke was...
Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance De Lune has resumed with a dead-heat victory in the Group 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.After an agonising wait for connections, the Darren Weir-trained Fr...
If he didn't think Samantha Miss could win the Cox Plate, trainer Kris Lees would keep her at home on Saturday.And if she doesn't win, it won't be for lack of dedication on the part of her trainer ...
Most jockeys would be satisfied to win one Melbourne Cup, let alone three, but Glen Boss wants more, reports Tom Biddington at racing.com. For the man who rode Makybe Diva in all of her famou...
Prolific Group One-winning Sydney jockey Glen Boss is set make an immediate impact at Moonee Valley on Saturday following his relocation to Melbourne.Boss, 39, has seven rides on the eight-race car...
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