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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...

Veteran New Zealand rider Grant Cooksley has introduced himself to Brisbane racing with a winning double at Eagle Farm.Cooksley won Saturday's Canadian Club Handicap (1800m) on the Pat Duff-trained...

In my continuing series of articles which discuss the manner in which I, personally, study the form for a meeting, I've explained how I obtain a quite comprehensive over-view of an entire meeting ...

Talented sprinter Falino will make his comeback on Saturday but the venue won't be decided until trainer Jeff Caught weighs up his options between Eagle Farm and the Gold Coast.Caught favours runni...

Memories of 1973 Stradbroke Handicap winner Lucky Cloud were revived when trainer Graham Banks broke a six-year drought at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.Banks, who trains at Oakey on the Darling Downs we...