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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...

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...

The one thing a professional punter knows when he arrives at the racetrack is that prices he will be offered by the bookmakers will not be framed to be fair and correct. In fact, the pro knows th...

The one thing a professional punter knows when he arrives at the racetrack is that prices he will be offered by the bookmakers will not be framed to be fair and correct. In fact, the pro knows th...

The one thing a professional punter knows when he arrives at the racetrack is that prices he will be offered by the bookmakers will not be framed to be fair and correct. In fact, the pro knows th...

There are those who claim they never bet on midweek races. I doubt if there are many professionals among their ranks. Most of the pro's I know like nothing better than to bet on the city and provi...

In many ways, Able Speed has been a disappointment since his arrival more than two years ago but the five-year-old has shown lately that it's never too late for redemption and he can continue some ...

Each to his own. Know the old saying? In a way, it sums up betting. Some punters like to bet for a win, others for a place, still others love the quinellas or trifectas, or doubles. It's all a mat...