Make Me Turn Horse

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...

Derby form has been good form and that points to the Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2,400m) today at Sha Tin being fought out by four-year-olds with the Caspar Fownes-trained Let Me Handle It ready to ...

There are man patterns in racing. Horses tend to race in a certain 'pattern' and often you discern coming winners by looking for changes in the way a horse runs from race to race. Some years ago,...

There are man patterns in racing. Horses tend to race in a certain 'pattern' and often you discern coming winners by looking for changes in the way a horse runs from race to race. Some years ago,...

The decision to sacrifice a stud career for regally-bred Bid Spotter is paying dividends with the recently gelded three-year-old racing his way into contention for the Queensland Derby.Trained by G...

Although the Manikato Stakes is clearly the best race on the programme it is not the best race for betting. Cases can be made for Apache Cat (loves it here:recent first up runs not at MV), Danlegh ...

Newport has been on his best behaviour for jockey Hugh Bowman who is confident the grey can end his roller-coaster autumn carnival on a high in the Sydney Cup.The Paul Perry-trained Newport showed ...