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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...

An Old WarningNothing's certain in racing.Surprised at this comment? Of course not.But for many years now I've warned against the outside barriers in sprints at Rosehill.Except when it's wet. Then ...

Few seem happy over the 'slash and burn' tactics currently underway in NSW racing, with prizemoney slashed for major races. Trainer Anthony Cummings fears for the future of Sydney racing carnivals....

BARRIERS TO SUCCESSI never tire of issuing this wanring.Be wary of the barriers at Rosehill until the races get out to 2000 metres and above.It's hard not to sound like a CD on "repeat", but please...

áMaking Money at the Races (6)Let's have any ideas you come up with about this balance between the careful, safety methods and the risky but tempting alternative approaches.Using my own research gl...

The scuttlebutt from Hong Kong is that champ Darren Beadman's riding career could be over. Beadman, 46, suffered a broken right cheekbone and head trauma in a fall in a February 17 barrier trial an...

A SMALL group of Australian punters who have accounts with the world's largest betting exchange, Betfair, will be the basis of an investigation into jockey Danny Nikolic by Racing Victoria Stewards...