Fire The Shot 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...

Is support building for the WA contender Scenic Shot in the Cox Plate? TAB Sportsbet's Glenn Munsie told PPD: 'We can report significant interest this afternoon...Bets taken today include $10,000 @...

Star Kiwi galloper King Mufhasa hasn't exactly set the world on fire on past trips to Australia but trainer Stephen McKee feels his current form warrants bringing him back for another crack at the ...

Exciting import  Tall Ship  earned himself a shot at a third-straight country cup success with victory in  Sunday’s $50,000 Terang Cup , reports racing.com. The  Darren Weir -trained recruit foll...

I wonder if we'll see Michelle Payne riding again? The popular young jockey copped four fractured vertebrae and broken ribs in a nasty fall from the Darren Weir-trained El Divine at Donald on Sunda...

Emerging New Zealand stayer Castle Heights will return for a shot at the Group One The Metropolitan at Randwick in the spring if the four-year-old performs well in his first tour of duty to Austral...

Emerging New Zealand stayer Castle Heights will return for a shot at the Group One The Metropolitan at Randwick in the spring if the four-year-old performs well in his first tour of duty to Austral...