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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...

A hefty jackpot makes Tuesday's Triple Trio at Sha Tin an enticing proposition and the John Size-trained sprinter  Golden Addiction looks a solid banker in the opening leg, says the Racing Post...

I knew the lure of Fox Classics would get to me eventually and here I am watching/listening to an episode of "Gunsmoke". Things will only get "worse" because I have only recently started subscribin...

Memo to TVN's motor-mouth Richard Callander: Give up the 'he's got the bikkies' cliche will you? Screaming it out every race, usually before and after, must be driving viewers mad. I know it annoys...

Michael Rodd will ride star Queensland filly Military Rose when she returns to racing in The Rosebud (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday week. Trainer Gillian Heinrich engaged Rodd because regular ride...

There's been early money for Estonian Princess ($6 to $5) at Randwick on New Year's Day, according to the latest price changes from TAB.com.au.

At this stage, they are all key meetings but Wednesday night's all-weather card looks a significant moment in the trainers' championship and Caspar Fownes looks set to get the best of it in the fi...