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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...

Winners have the last laugh. As we have said on many occasions, they can laugh, while the losers can please themselves. The time I laugh most on the racetrack is not when I back a winner, but when...

We have been involved in an enormous study of favourites, preparing for a rather large and important article in the 2000 PPM Annual. We, being Steve and Scan McAllister and Yours Truly, took all ...

One of the great ongoing debates in the racing world is the question of weight and the effect that it has on horses in a race. I’d like to put a couple of thoughts in your head about this issue, s...

If there is a time of year for any horse, now is the time for the topweight. It is the time that the tracks are at their truest, and the best of the crops are away resting or trying to win in West...

If there is a time of year for any horse, now is the time for the topweight. It is the time that the tracks are at their truest, and the best of the crops are away resting or trying to win in We...

I did a bit of boxing as a youngster and one of the things my schoolmaster-cum-trainer told me was to 'box clever and you'll win.' I think the same principle applies to betting on greyhound races....