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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...

There isn't a lot of mystery to today's feature at Sha Tin, with  Divine Calling  certain to be at prohibitive odds-on in the Chevalier Cup (1,600m) and looking the winner, reports Racing Post HK....

from Racing Post (www.racing.scmp.com)The "Kings of the Valley" were back with a bang last night - with leading trainer Caspar Fownes and jockey Brett Prebble combining to win the feature race with...

The Celebration Cup has been a great launching pad for horses headed towards Group One success in the past and John Size-trained Contentment  gets his chance to add himself to that list at Sha Tin...

Celestial Smile  has a proud record of consistency as he has made his way through the grades and he is poised to break into Group Three company with the handicaps in his favour in the Centenary V...

Special report from AT THE RACES in UKHurricane Fly regained his Stan James Champion Hurdle crown with what was in the end a decisive victory on a great day for treble scorers Willie Mullins and R...

Be honest . . . Faced with the choice between two horses for a race, do you turn to the barrier draw to separate them? If Horse A is drawn in barrier I and the other qualifier is in gate 12, are...