Fault Line Horse

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...

Never-say-die Gai Waterhouse isn't about to concede the Cox Plate to So You Think. She's predicting her mare More Joyous will give the hot fav the race of his life. MJ turned in what Gai says was a...

While all the Derby attention has been on Jimmy Choux, another Kiwi has been quietly going about his business before he attempts to upstage the star three-year-old at Randwick on Saturday.Roger Jam...

Glyn Schofield says Flying Minstrel has all the attributes needed of a high class racehorse as the colt prepares to put his unbeaten record on the line at Wyong on Sunday."He's a very smart horse,"...

Veteran sprinter Straight Legs is on his last chance to find form after being winless for nearly two years.The eight-year-old has almost exhausted the patience of his owners as well as his co-train...

Veteran sprinter Straight Legs is on his last chance to find form after being winless for nearly two years.The eight-year-old has almost exhausted the patience of his owners as well as his co-train...

Northern Meteor is a slight doubt to run in Saturday's $1 million Newmarket Handicap at Flemington despite the fact Gai Waterhouse is very happy with the colt who she says has taken a long time to ...