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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...

When it comes to betting, few punters give much thought to the venues at which they are betting. But betting the right tracks as well as the right races can be all important when determining if yo...

When it comes to betting, few punters give much thought to the venues at which they are betting. But betting the right tracks as well as the right races can be all important when determining if yo...

In the first three articles in this series I laid out my general thoughts on form analysis for midweek racing. I suppose the main thing I want to stress is this: ask questions, not only of the fo...

Although there is a good case to be made out for the importance of "ability at the course", there are critics who claim that punters often overemphasise its importance. I don't put myself into th...

EAGLE FARM Eagle Farm is one of the bigger tracks around the nation. The trip around is some 2026 metres and the straight is an enormous 433 metres long. This rivals Flemington (453m) in leng...

This is the sixth article in our series which brings you the views, ideas and angles from some of the foremost racing experts around the world. In this article, the US ‘legend’ James Quinn discuss...