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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...

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...

Sometimes the ordinary punter is mystified by things that really should be second nature. One of those is the matter of weights in racing. Weight for age is only a name. Don't be frightened by it...

I don’t think any other questions that I’ve been asked about racing come remotely close, in total, to the number I have been asked about systems. Racing systems represent a way of life for many p...

Last month, we only managed to get halfway in this discussion. Incidentally, I wonder if you noticed that in the November issue of PPM, both Brian and I made six final selections for the Melbour...

There are many rules to becoming a successful punter. Most punters tend to ignore many of them, and I say this after years and years of being in “the game” and having talked with hundreds of my fe...

Most professional punters, whether in Australia or overseas, are very likely to emphasise the need to “be different” in your betting approach. “Follow the crowd and you’ll lose just like they do,...

Most professional punters, whether in Australia or overseas, are very likely to emphasise the need to “be different” in your betting approach. “Follow the crowd and you’ll lose just like they do,...