Inspired Choice 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...

Clarry Conners hasn't had to look far for inspiration recently, it's virtually been on the doorstep of his Warwick Farm stables.The four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer's eldest son Marc, whose...

Clarry Conners hasn't had to look far for inspiration recently, it's virtually been on the doorstep of his Warwick Farm stables.The four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer's eldest son Marc, whose...

Most punters dream of being able to operate a system, or a method of betting, that guarantees a regular flow of winners and profits. Alas, it's not that easy. We all know the lows and highs that a...

Britain's foremost racing expert Philip Alexander concludes his two-part feature on the legendary punter Phil Bull, founder of the Timeform organisation and one of the UK's greatest professional p...

If ever racing men sit down to talk about famous punters, there is one name that will always be mentioned - Eric Connolly. He was a racehorse trainer in the good old days' but mainly he won a l...