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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...

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...

A professional punter I know reckons the trifecta remains the best way to get big profits on Australian racing, but he says the exacta runs a close second. He warns, though, that “exacta science”...

A professional punter I know reckons the trifecta remains the best way to get big profits on Australian racing, but he says the exacta runs a close second. He warns, though, that “exacta science”...

A professional punter I know reckons the trifecta remains the best way to get big profits on Australian racing, but he says the exacta runs a close second. He warns, though, that “exacta science”...

While the quinella remains a favourite bet with Aussie punters, its close relative, the exacta, is making ground and becoming more popular every year. Exacta betting was a late starter on the TAB...

While the quinella remains a favourite bet with Aussie punters, its close relative, the exacta, is making ground and becoming more popular every year. Exacta betting was a late starter on the TAB...

For over a decade, I’ve sold and counselled in the use of record-keeping software for handicappers. Keeping and analysing betting records is both the thing that handicappers least like to do – m...