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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...

Saturday's impressive BJ McLachlan Stakes winner Unencumbered has extended his lead in the latest order of entry for the upcoming $2 million Jeep Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m). The Bjorn Bake...

Manighar, the import who had never raced at less than 2400 metres until joining the Peter Moody stable, gave the leading trainer and his stable jockey Luke Nolen their first win in the $1 million A...

BENDIGO Acceptances on Thursday 9th December, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: Out 9m Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-02.45 MANTRA HOTELS RESOR...

Having studied every runner in the TAB's first market, I have settled on my early 'Top 5' for this year's running of the Blue Diamond. 2yo form is obviously very difficult to line up and I have bas...

How  to define class? Yes, it's that age-old handicapping issue and one that despite the many changing classifications of races we've had in recent years remains an ongoing riddle. How can we com...