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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...

Many and varied indeed are the views held worldwide about money management, or staking, in horse-racing. Ask an Aussie about staking and you're likely to get a different answer to what you'd hear ...

How badly will Betfair Australasia be affected by the High Court's rejection of its turnover appeal? CEO Giles Thompson is sticking to Betfair's script in saying that ''a gross revenue model is the...

THE validity of the sponsorship shutout of corporate bookmakers in New South Wales and Queensland is overdue for industry scrutiny, according to Betfair Australasia chief executive Giles Thompson, ...

Sydney cast-off Lucky Leak booked a Listed Weetwood Handicap start at Toowoomba next month following a determined victory at Doomben.Lucky Leak, ridden by Chris Munce, showed a lot of grit after ra...

Trainer Rex Lipp is hopeful barrier rogue Dual Chamber will be on her best behaviour to overcome a poor Doomben record and earn a winter carnival campaign.Dual Chamber has started six times at Doom...

Former Sydney sprinter Lucky Leak is proof that time and patience ultimately bring rewards.Toowoomba trainer Patrick Sexton and part-owner Marty McInerney have between them transformed Lucky Leak w...