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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...

"SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL"A lot of money romped in using this title for a book in (if I recall correctly) the late 1970's by the British economics expert E.F.Schumacher.Maybe it can be beautiful. It cert...

If wagering markets were efficient then it would be equally profitable to bet on any racing horse whether it is the favourite or a longshot. However, the “longshot” bias in wagering has been ar...

If wagering markets were efficient then it would be equally profitable to bet on any racing horse whether it is the favourite or a longshot. However, the “longshot” bias in wagering has been arou...

If wagering markets were efficient then it would be equally profitable to bet on any racing horse whether it is the favourite or a longshot. However, the “longshot” bias in wagering has been arou...

If wagering markets were efficient then it would be equally profitable to bet on any racing horse whether it is the favourite or a longshot. However, the “longshot” bias in wagering has been arou...

Pocket Rockets was the horse that earned Tony McEvoy a trip to the winner’s stall at Flemington but it was the effort of one of his unplaced runners that brought the biggest smile to the trainer’...