Nation Changing Horse

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...

The Australian Racing Board is at it again...Its new whip laws are not even in force and it's changing them...Now we're told that stewards will take a soft approach to penalties for breaches of the...

Racing will go ahead around Australia this weekend as scheduled but jockeys have not ruled out further industrial action over the controversial whip rules.Jockeys walked off the job at race meeting...

Racing will go ahead around Australia this weekend as scheduled but jockeys have not ruled out further industrial action over the controversial whip rules.Jockeys walked off the job at race meeting...

George Hanlon was one of Australia's most respected trainers who will be remembered for crafting some of the nation's finest stayers.Hanlon, who has died aged 92, was at times vague, but was incred...

George Hanlon was one of Australia's most respected trainers who will be remembered for crafting some of the nation's finest stayers.Hanlon, who has died aged 92, was at times vague, but was incred...

Professional punters always talk about 'beating the crowd' or betting 'against the herd'. What they mean, of course, is that their profits come from the overlay winners the general public sends ou...