Make Even 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...

THIS IS EVEN HARDER!Winning is hard.Damned hard.But making it more difficult for yourself is very easy.Just bet midweek.That'll do it, I promise.At present I'm looking at Warrnambool's biggest day....

Black Caviar hysteria has certainly taken hold...Even the hard-boiled racing press scribblers cannot hold themselves back...Ray Thomas of the Sydney Sunday Telegraph gushes: 'Black Caviar has joine...

AN EASIER WAY TO MAKE MONEY?You know, with your access to the net there are easier ways to make a buck than to shove it all into the biggest (and therefore often most difficult) races.Let's have a ...

THINGS GET HOTTERThe next few weekends are Sydney's flagship performances: it's make or break time.You know the line-up: BMW, Golden Slipper, Sydney Cup, Doncaster, Oaks, Derby... etc etc...If they...

It's a tough game...Moudre and Valdemoro, both well-fancied for the Caulfield Cup, are striking problems to make the field, and even to gain starts in the vital lead-up race, the Turnbull Stakes. R...

Remember, I am just like most readers of PPM. I am not a 'pro' and never want to be. I'm a hobby punter and I have a very good time enjoying my racing and regularly showing a profit. As I wrote la...