Emirate Horse

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...

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...

Amazing decision...Latest reports say rising star Leica Larrikin will miss the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups to target the $1 million Grp 1 Emirate Stakes (1600m). Trainer Richard Freyer has decided...

Recent Sandown Stakes winner Larry's Never Late will not race again before the autumn when his target will be the Group One BMW in Sydney.The five-year-old made a cameo appearance in the spring whe...

Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock adviser John Ferguson has insisted the ruler of Dubai's spending on racing and breeding would be unaffected by the financial crisis facing the emirate.On Wednesday, Dub...

A touch of excitement at Werribee with all of the internationals competing during the Spring Racing Carnival now here in Melbourne. As race day beckons for one of the initial arrivals, a couple t...

An interesting morning of work at Werribee on Friday with some rival trainers nominating who they think are the biggest dangers.

Weight proved no barrier to Group One galloper Captain Sonador making a winning return to racing in the Goldmarket Handicap at the Gold Coast on Monday.Captain Sonador, last year's Epsom Handicap w...