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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...

Linda Meech is a big fan of the adage "have saddle will travel" and with that in mind, the jockey, who is on the crest of a winning wave, heads to Adelaide on Saturday, reports the Sydney Morning H...

English trainer Luca Cumani says potentially illegal physiotherapy treatment on Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer had been administered by official veterinary stewards.The results of a Racing Victoria ...

Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer will be allowed to keep his placing despite being illegally treated with shock wave therapy within a week of the race.Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) chief steward Terry...

Ocean Park thrust New Zealand back into the Sportingbet Cox Plate spotlight with a historic win in the $3 million Group 1 event at Moonee Valley.The four-year-old became the first Kiwi to win Austr...

Penglai Xianzi's barnstorming burst in the straight to win last Friday's 1,200m all-weather track barrier trial at Sha Tin indicated all is well with him and he will return a better horse. The thr...

As the Black Caviar steam trains powers ahead to William Reid Stakes Night at the Valley on Friday 22 March, her three-quarter brother in-blood, Iconic, is flying under the radar, reports Racing Vi...