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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...

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...

Becoming an expert ... how many times have we read about "becoming an expert"? But there are so many areas in which we cannot become experts. We cannot be experts in delicate brain surgery, for ex...

Over the past several months I have introduced readers to the set of hard-and-fast rules I use as the basis for coming up with a set of very sound selections which make me a winner every year. C...

In last month's issue I discussed two laws which will play an important part in your punting. One will help you lose, the other will help you win. They are known as the Law of Averages and the Law...

I have been lucky over the years to make many good friends in racing. Some of them are involved professionally. One of my closest friends is a top Sydney racing journalist, whilst others bet often...

Patience is Always a VirtueI had just finished writing a page for the next magazine and a horrifying thought struck me:"By the time some people read this they'll have lost a great deal of money fol...