Born To Be Royal Horse

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...

A brilliant first-up win for the season makes  Born In China the horse to beat again rising in grade tonight (Oct 7) in the Ireland Trophy (1,200m) at Happy Valley. The Francis Lui Kin-wai-traine...

Australian and American interests come together in the opening race of Royal Ascot 2013 as Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup winner Animal Kingdom bids to claim the Queen Anne Stakes.

There is a new princess of Australian racing with Black Caviar giving birth to a filly in the early hours of Saturday morning. The filly, who was born in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, has a ...

Linda Meech has answered a call from Peter Moody to partner his two Rosehill runners on Saturday including exciting three-year-old Moment Of Change.It will be a rare Sydney visit from the New Zeala...

Another possible Emirates Melbourne Cup contender emerged in France on Sunday as Alain De Royer-Dupre’s Verema followed in the footst...

Luca Cumani’s great Emirates Melbourne Cup hope Mount Athos suffered his third straight defeat as he just failed to catch front-running Harris Tweed in the Listed March Stakes (2800m) at Goodwood...