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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...

Three-time Grp 1 winner Ortensia is back in work and on target for a first up crack at the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) on February 16 at Flemington.Trainer Paul Messara said the seven-year-old d...

Well done! Ortensia came good in Britain at the third attempt with a classy display in the King George Stakes at Glorious Goodwood under William Buick. Sent off the 6/1 joint-favorite dropping down...

Title looms...If she wins next Saturday's Grp 1 Haydock Sprint Cup (1200m) Aussie sprint star Ortensia will be crowned European Champion Sprinter of the Year. The Paul Messara-trained mare came fro...

Well, even super sprinters get btn - and that's what happened to the Aussie flash Starspangledbanner at York in the UK overnight. the website At The Races says: 'Near silence descended upon York as...

Scone trainer Paul Messara says he'll give Ortensia another run in the UK after her overnight 4th in the July Cup at Newmarket UK. Ortensia raced handy to the 200m but then started to 'paddle' on t...

What a battle! Luke Nolen and Craig Newitt are still slugging it out for the Victorian jockeys' title. Reigning champ Luke Nolen gained a vital win in his premiership defence with a win aboard Darl...