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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...

The importance of weights as a major form instrument. for the greater part of racing's history, has never been a contentious issue. Weights have long been regarded as the cornerstone of successful...

Marc Conners is confident Pimpala Secret's size can offset a big weight as the trainer hopes to get the three-year-old back into the winners' circle at Canterbury on Wednesday.The lightly-raced gel...

A study of the Newmarket Handicap weights this week will determine whether the Group One feature at Flemington is part of the autumn program for gun sprinter Hay List and heir apparent Rain Affair....

Last month in Practical Punting Monthly (PPM), our Melbourne correspondent Roman Kozlovski brought us the first part of an extensive interview with legendary bookmaker Bill Waterhouse. In this fin...

He's close to fighting fitness...Latest news is that current favorite Americain is only about 4kgs away from his 'winning' weight for the Melbourne Cup. Stephanie Nigge, travelling foreman for Fren...

2007 winner Efficient and his Lloyd Williams-owned stablemate Alandi have been given equal topweight of 58kg for the 150th Melbourne Cup.The Godolphin pair of Cavalryman and Mastery, along with Jap...