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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...

The Warwick Stakes didn't pan out how Peter Snowden expected during the run but honest gelding Pinwheel still found a way to join his famous sire as a winner of the weight-for-age feature.Pinwheel ...

Drivers play a major role in the harness code. Good drivers possess what is known as a 'light touch'. Couple this with the ability to control emotions, race experience and lightning-fast reflexes ...

Glamour sprinter Apache Cat etched his name into turf history and earned another chance at a trip to Hong Kong after landing successive Doomben 10,000 wins.The baldy-faced chestnut equalled the dee...

Glamour sprinter Apache Cat etched his name into turf history and earned another chance at a trip to Hong Kong after landing successive Doomben 10,000 wins.The baldy-faced chestnut equalled the dee...

From RACING POST in Hong KongJohn Moore may have had an International day to forget, but a double in Sunday's support events ensured his stable has maintained great momentum, and the leading traine...

Many and diverse are the reasons why horses win races. Some of the reasons hardly ring true. We call these 'form reversals' and usually they are accompanied by some half-baked explanation from con...