Hot Chestnut Horse

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...

MORNINGTON 13/023 Kinesthetic $4 - $3.60 ($2000 & $1000 @ $4)6 Crack A Roadie ($3000 & $2000 @ $1.70), Lannister $51 - $357 Launay ($500 @ $7), Eight Bills $7.50 - $6 ($400 e/w @ $7.50/$2.51), Last...

In-form apprentice Dean Holland will be looking to keep his hot streak going at the Caulfield Boxing Day meeting on Friday where he has six rides.The pint-sized Holland, who weighs 46kg, has ridden...

I'll Have Another looked like just another horse at the Kentucky Derby.Until the final furlong (200m), that is.That's when the chestnut colt - sold for a paltry $US11,000 ($A10,750) and ridden by a...

Stewards must be getting concerned over the Gai Waterhouse stable's battle to patch up Glencadam Gold for the Melbourne Cup. They don't want any final acceptor to be suddenly scratched due to injur...

Mark Kavanagh says his star galloper Whobegotyou could not be in better shape heading to the Doomben 10,000.The four-year-old winner of seven races and $2.2 million in stakes, spearheads a three-ho...

Mark Kavanagh says his star galloper Whobegotyou could not be in better shape heading to the Doomben 10,000.The four-year-old winner of seven races and $2.2 million in stakes, spearheads a three-ho...