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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...

TAB has installed Astern and Extreme Choice as $3.50 equal favourites in the prestigious Coolmore Stud Stakes  on Saturday . “This could be the most highly anticipated race of the spring, any o...

Sacred Elixir’s Barrier 1 draw hasn’t stopped punters from backing it to win the Victoria Derby, firming from $3.20 to $2.80 with TAB. While over 40% of the market has been on the Gelding, there...

Big support for Sacred Elixir continues with 50% of the TAB market now on the NZ gelding to win the Victoria Derby 2500m at Flemington.  The money flood has pushed him into $2.70 - a significan...