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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...

MARK Kavanagh makes a rare off-season raid on Sydney racing tomorrow, but while wins in the two feature races at Warwick Farm would round off another splendid year for the Flemington trainer, it is...

Well, here we go: the carnival is starting to warm up. This weekend the races at Caulfield and Rosehill are starting to tantalize serious punters. How is Tickets, a major player in the Autumn, goin...

The CF Orr Stakes over 1400m is the usual starting point for the serious Group 1 contenders for the Autumn races in Melbourne and Sydney however it is often a headache race for punters due to the u...

As a punter Serenissima has not been my type of horse as she has always shown ability but has not produced winning performances at the next level. She won her first two races and then was spelled f...

Durable mare Hoorang's Melbourne Cup campaign has received a boost with her win over a handy field at Hastings.Her trainer, Wanganui vet Ian Shaw, was inquiring into bookings to Melbourne on Sunday...

Neville Layt is far from running scared after watching the exciting David Payne-trained Defiant Dame cruise to an easy barrier trial win on Friday.Layt prepares unbeaten filly Karuta Queen and she ...