Dip With The Hip Horse

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...

Can Bart Cummings work another Melbourne Cup miracle? Maybe, because, suddenly, his push for a 13th Melbourne Cup has developed momentum after the win of Cosmonaut at Caulfield yesterday. Bart say...

Kiwi raider Ocean Park will be chasing back-to-back Grp 1 success when he lines up in the $400,000 Caulfield Stakes (2000m) on Saturday. The Gary Hennessy-trained 4YO, who comes off a smart win in ...

Darren Weir has lost his Melbourne Cup chance with the injury to Puissance De Lune, but he still has a solid chance of winning a Group 1 this coming week. Weir will put the saddle on Thousand Gui...

Nearly two decades ago, a young boy in a small public school in country NSW listened on the radio to Darren Beadman booting home the Bart Cummings-trained Kingston Rule to win the Melbourne Cup.Aft...

Michael Rodd will ride star Queensland filly Military Rose when she returns to racing in The Rosebud (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday week. Trainer Gillian Heinrich engaged Rodd because regular ride...

Champion Australian jockey Craig Williams will ride  Kelinni  in an £80,000 ($A144,659) 2800-metre handicap at Goodwood in the UK on Tuesday (12.40am Wednesday AEST).  Kelinni , now owned by Au...