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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...
Trainer Ciaron Maher is yet another Victorian eyeing off the lucrative Sydney autumn spoils. The Caulfield-trainer is aiming Mr O’Ceirin towards the $25 million carnival.
GLEN Boss rates Mr O’Ceirin, effortless winner of Saturday's Printhouse Graphics Handicap at Moonee Valley, a potential Group 2 horse...
IMPRESSIVE Moonee Valley winner Mr O'Ceirin will head north next month for the listed Grafton Cup...
Ciaron Maher has outlined his plans for his quality team of middle-distance gallopers. The exciting Akavoroun , beaten only twice in eight starts, will now go to the Group 1 $400,000 Rupert Clark...
Trainer Ciaron Maher is setting his sights on the BMW Caulfield Cup with tough stayer Mr O’Ceirin who booked a place in next month’s $2.5 million Group 1 feature with an impressive win in the Grp...
Ciaron Maher is considering a Stradbroke Handicap start for his progressive filly Srikandi , brilliant winner of Saturday’s listed Juanmo Stakes, reports Racing Network. Connections would ne...
STEVEN Arnold was as mystified as anyone by the flop of odds-on favourite Mr O’Ceirin in today’s Dominant Handicap (1600m) at Moonee Valley, reports Racing Network.
Foreign raider Ibicenco is missing from Saturday's Grp 2 Herbert Power field at Caulfield. The German stayer will instead be aimed at either the Geelong Cup (2400m) or the Moonee Valley Cup (2400m)...
IF IT'S possible to sound diffident about gaining the opportunity to win a $2.5 million prize and with it one of Australia's most celebrated races, then Seymour trainer Shannon Hope did so yesterda...
Chris Waller's in-form stayer Junoob is the horse to beat in Saturday's Group 2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at the Gold Coast according to Sportsbet.com.au. A winner of four of his seven runs thi...
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