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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...

How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...

Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...

Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

Paul Simon found fifty ways, at least, to lose his lover. I suppose that there must be at least 500 ways to lose your money and, so far as the racetrack is concerned, we can probably double that w...

Paul Simon found fifty ways, at least, to lose his lover. I suppose that there must be at least 500 ways to lose your money and, so far as the racetrack is concerned, we can probably double that w...

In this article, PPM editor Brian Blackwell reviews a new book by the colourful English professional punter Dave Nevison, called A Bloody Good Winner and examines what Nevison has to say about bei...

Mark Coton is one of Britain's best-known racing identities. He is a former president of the National Association for the Protection of Punters, he was a high-profile writer with UK Racing Post an...