Another Lahar Horse

Picking winners is only half the job; backing them well is the other half. Writing in Practical Punting in February 2004, US professional Barry Meadow and Practical Punting editor Brian Blackwell ...

Picking winners comes down to what has changed about a horse, and what everyone else has missed. Writing in Practical Punting in January 2004, US professional Barry Meadow and Practical Punting ed...

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...

Blake Shinn became the eighth jockey to ride a Melbourne Cup winner for master trainer Bart Cummings when he produced a brilliant tactical race on Viewed to narrowly hold out English-trained stayer...

As we embrace the new millennium, a term called "time poor" has become a catchphrase to describe the relationship developing between stressed workers constantly under pressure to deliver profits f...

I was really caught out when fellow writer Keith Roth emailed me recently and asked why I had never written an article with the above title. I simply didn't have an answer, yet it is one of the bi...

Last month I promised to look at Adelaide and Brisbane in this second part of our history excursion. Also we have to consider the Sydney Cup. In fact, let's look at the cups in detail. We must fir...