Crop Horse

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...

Vintage Crop, the first import to win the Melbourne Cup back in 1993, has today died in Ireland. He was 27 years old and had been the oldest living Cup winner. He was retired from racing after ru...

Mick Kinane has hailed Vintage Crop as an "iconic stayer" after the Melbourne Cup hero passed away at the age of 27, reports the Irish Racing Post. Trained by Dermot Weld, Vintage Crop becam...

Champion Irish trainer Dermot Weld reflected fondly on his grand galloper Vintage Crop, the 1993 Melbourne Cup winner, who died on Monday at the age of 27. As the first internationally-trained...

Solid field sizes, a couple of races full to capacity, providing true pace, no sign of track bias and some brilliant navigation all made for an interesting day's racing. The type you want to bet on...

Dermot Weld intends to be back for a crack at winning his third Melbourne Cup when Australia's iconic horse race is run for the 150th time on November 2.Weld played his part in helping make the Mel...

Classic crop gallopers All You Wish and Designs On Rome are sure to have plenty of memorable clashes ahead of them but All You Wish should maintain an unbeaten record over his rival in ...