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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...

The amazing Craig Williams continues to 'wow' Japanese racing. He booted home 4 winners last Sunday. But his Japan stint means he'll miss a key ride on 2011 Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden at Royal As...

Will Rob Heathcote 'save' Solzhenitsyn for the spring in Melbourne and sidestep the Stradbroke? That's the dilemma facing him after Solzie's exceptional wfa win at Doomben on Saturday. Heathcote wi...

Premiership winning jockey Hugh Bowman has confirmed he will return to race riding in Sydney on August 2 following a successful stint in Hong Kong. Bowman, who rode 13 winners and 29 placings f...

Looks like that hot Japanese prospect Jaguar Mail will not be running in the Caulfield or Melbourne Cups. A report in The Australian says: 'Japanese stayer Jaguar Mail will almost certainly miss th...

It's the big problem for the Cup countdown... Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter will unveil his 10th set of Melbourne Cup weights on Tuesday, but the latest presents the far greatest chal...

CRAIG Williams added another Japanese feature race to his profile when he won the $568,000 Group 2 Kanto Oaks under lights at the Kawaski circuit in Tokyo last night. It’s the biggest success ...