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Because of the grading system, every greyhound in a race has a chance of winning — so the hardest job in greyhound racing form study is deciding which dogs to eliminate. Writing in Practical Punti...
Horse racing form is more than numbers — a trainer, a jockey and an owner are all telling you something, if you know where to look. Writing in Practical Punting in December 2003, US expert Barry M...
Horse racing handicapping does not reduce to a system — as US expert Barry Meadow puts it, most experienced players understand the game is far too complex for that. Writing in Practical Punting in...
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...
TAB has opened Winx as the $1.15 favorite for Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes where the super mare will have only two challengers as she bids for her 12 th consecutive victory. Black Heart Bar...
Sydneysiders get their chance to see Winx return to the track this Saturday in the Apollo Stakes with TAB installing the champion mare as a dominant $1.20 favourite as she looks to stretch her...
Over-rated Star Witness won't be a starter in the Australian Guineas. Instead, he'll clash with unbeaten sprint star Black Caviar in the $1 million Newmarket Handicap 1200m at Flemington. Trainer D...
VICTORIA Derby runner-up Extra Zero will dodge superstar Denman and try to emulate Denman's sire Lonhro by winning the Australian Cup at Flemington on Saturday, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It...
UK sprint hope Bated Breath will miss Saturday's clash with Black Caviar after trainer Roger Charlton confirmed he will not be declared for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. The 5YO ran an...
It looks a good bet Winx will continue her perfect season, priced at $1.50 with TAB to win the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes. And while all eyes will no doubt be on the star mare who is going ...
Hartnell has firmed from $6.00 into $4.00 for the Cox Plate after yesterday’s brilliant victory in the Turnbull Stakes, but Winx still remains the one to beat as the $1.80 favourite with TAB. Yes...
Trainer David Vandyke is as bullish as ever about his two-time Group 1 winner Yankee Rose's bid to win the William Hill Cox Plate. Pundits and bookmakers, alike, have pegged the 2040m weight-...
Punters have shown their support for the horse of the moment Winx with 92% of the bets for her with the TAB to make it ten wins in a row in the Warwick Stakes at Randwick tomorrow . Winx opene...
Winx may be the punters favourite but it’s not the case with bookmakers, with TAB having paid out more than $8.2 million during her 12-race winning streak. Punters are once again expected to cl...
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