Joyful Horse

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...

Joyful Winner II might not make the heights reached by his former namesake, but the John Moore-trained four-year-old can make a local breakthrough in tonight's Police Cup (1,650m) at Happy Valley. ...

Nice to see that someone still cares enough to cry...Newcastle apprentice Alex Stokes wept years of joy after notching her first city winner at Canterbury on Wednesday. Alex won on Dolliparton in t...

Useful five-year-old Healthy Joyful has had a change of scenery with a move to Danny Shum Chap-shing this term and the gelding looks well placed to get their new relationship off to the right st...

From RACING POST HK Francis Lui Kin-wai-trained Sharp Hunter  took his time about winning a race but the Members Cup (1,200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday sets up nicely for the gelding to make it two in...

Half of Tommy Berry's winners in an impressive first stint have come in trophy races of various levels, and the Australian jockey has the horse to do it again in the Cricket Club Valley Stak...

The Chinese New Year Cup may not hold any Group status but the race has an honour roll that suggests such a tag would sit easily on it and  Thewizardofoz  should bounce back to top form to give ...