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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...

Any punter taking an in-depth look at the form for a race will usually be taking into account how long it has been since a horse had its last start. It's generally accepted that the longer the pe...

Using statistical trends to make profits from betting is my chosen path. The stats behind my bets are a great mental support to me during losing spells. My faith in their long-term profitability c...

The spell dates, that is the days between starts, for some horses are a real worry for the punter.This weekend there are two horses racing at Caulfield that fit this worrying pattern. In race two K...

Looking at two recent Saturday meetings in Sydney and Melbourne, I was struck by the statistics of each winner's 'last run' days. They served to emphasise the value of recent form when making sele...

Of all the racetrack factors none is as important as the fitness of the racehorse you have under scrutiny for a possible wager. The mighty horses of the past have all been beaten by horses sev...

JOCKEY Steven Arnold is likely to achieve the rare feat of riding in feature races in three countries in just seven days after he was yesterday granted a temporary licence to compete in the Macau C...