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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...

Bad news for Danny....Melbourne jockey Danny Nikolic has been banned from riding for two years after being found guilty of threatening Racing Victoria's chief steward last month. Nikolic, 37, was c...

Oh Josh! Oh Claudia! Someone pulled the chain on jockey Josh Adams and stable girl Claudia Miller while they were apparently enjoying each other's company in a toilet cubicle of a Sydney mid-city ...

The Jockey Club will declare "weighed in" today on the two of hottest favourites in racing - that Kim Kelly will take over from the departing Jamie Stier as chief steward and Sydney-based steward S...

Pressure is mounting on NSW racing authorities to wake up and move into the real world where betting is concerned. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald highlights the crisis. It says: Figures comp...

More strife...Danny Nikolic has been stood down indefinitely after an exchange with a steward at the Seymour races, reports the ABC. It claims Racing Victoria says Nikolic was stood down for allege...

CHIEF steward Terry Bailey yesterday said he had reservations about the possibility of Racing Victoria Ltd introducing 30-minute breaks between races and have winning bets paid after the field has ...