Kickoff 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...

MELBOURNE Cup favourite Puissance de Lune will kick start his spring campaign in the Peter Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield on August 17.  Trainer Darren Weir said Puissance De Lune, winner of the Be...

BLUE Diamond winner Miracles of Life will resume her spectacular career in Saturday’s McNeil Stakes, where she will clash with Caulfield Guineas favorite Prince Harada, reports Racing Network.

MELBOURNE Cup favorite Puissance De Lune is a fortnight away from having his spring campaign cranked up...

  Victoria racing fans will be given enhanced information about the in-race performance of every horse with the announcement that Trakus will be implemented in 2015. Trakus is currently used at ...

A deeply disappointed Zac Purton has bowed to medical advice and abandoned efforts to ride at the first meeting of the new season after a scan of the jockey's damaged right ankle has revealed a sm...

Sizing us up again...Game Kiwi stayer Harris Tweed, last year's Caulfield Cup runner-up, is all set for another Aussie campaign. He is likely to tackle the Australian Cup but his #1 autumn target i...