Battle Worthy Horse

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...

Fiorente is out of the Caulfield Cup with trainer Gai Waterhouse opting to focus the five-year-old on the Cox Plate a week later as his Melbourne Cup lead-up.  Second favourite for the Melbourne...

1025 yearlings have been nominated for the 2014 edition of the $1 million Group 1 Sportingbet Blue Diamond Stakes, with entries closed by the Melbourne Racing Club this week.

When Daffodil won the Group One AJC Australian Oaks at Randwick in April, it was the first win by a New Zealand-trained horse in the race since Domino in 1990.The statistic was another example of h...

When Daffodil won the Group One AJC Australian Oaks at Randwick in April, it was the first win by a New Zealand-trained horse in the race since Domino in 1990.The statistic was another example of h...

When Daffodil won the Group One AJC Australian Oaks at Randwick in April, it was the first win by a New Zealand-trained horse in the race since Domino in 1990.The statistic was another example of h...

A gutted Larry Cassidy has lost his appeal against a careless riding suspension, paving the way for Stathi Katsidis to partner Queensland filly Hidden Kisses in Saturday's Group One AJC Sires' Prod...