Dark Matter 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...

Craig Williams will be in Singapore on Sunday to test the Melbourne spring credentials of the Steven Burridge-trained Dark Matter.Williams is heading to Singapore after riding at Saturday's Bletchi...

Swooper Black Piranha is taking Con Karakatsanis on the greatest ride of his life and the fearless young trainer has warned punters not to write the horse off in Saturday's $2 million Doncaster at ...

Lady Lynette landed her first win for top trainer Robert Smerdon at Caulfield since being sent over from Tasmania, and earned a shot at the Group Three Tesio Stakes on Cox Plate day at Moonee Valle...

The problem with trying to pick a winner is that too often human bias creeps into your selection process. This is one of the major reasons small punters lose money they don’t need to lose and the ...

If you are a punter who does not keep a record of all your selections, and the prices of the selections, you will always be in the dark as to the reality of your results. It's imperative (at leas...

If you are a punter who does not keep a record of all your selections, and the prices of the selections, you will always be in the dark as to the reality of your results. It's imperative (at leas...