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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...

Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my op...

Big task...Cox Plate favorites Helmet and Jimmy Choux will need to do what only Sunline has been able to achieve in the past 15 years after drawing the outside half of the field for Sat's $3 millio...

If you want to know how to win at horse racing through steady, sensible form study — not hype, and not luck — this episode shows you how the weights quietly decide who wins, and how to spot the hor...

There is no royal road to profits in horse racing — you have to do at least some work. Ratings are that work: measuring what a racehorse can actually do and writing it down as a number you can comp...

When undertaking research for my book Horse Racing as an Investment, I found myself studying racing statistics from numerous angles. I was already aware that favourites will win, year in year out...

When undertaking research for my book Horse Racing as an Investment, I found myself studying racing statistics from numerous angles. I was already aware that favourites will win, year in year out...