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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...

How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...

Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...

Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

Betting on the leading first season sire by individual Australian winners went right down to the wire last season with Not a Single Doubt claiming a one win margin over Fastnet Rock and Shamardal (...

As this is the third part of our series on Vital Signs, you might have to go back and have a glance through the first 18 of our 25 vital signs. Anyway, let’s get on with it because we’ve only got ...

What we took away from Sunday's Group racing is that local prospects for the Longines Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) in December are once again looking strong in the areas where they have al...

In this exclusive interview, Tasmanian-based contributor Steve Wood concludes his interview with James Quinn, regarded as one of the great modern-day handicappers in the world. Quinn - America's e...

When I started my research for this series, the very first thing that struck me was just how many ‘experts’ are out there, around the world, all using their own ideas and angles to make racing pay...

When I started my research for this series, the very first thing that struck me was just how many ‘experts’ are out there, around the world, all using their own ideas and angles to make racing pay...