Overpriced Horse

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 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...

In the new millennium a new breed of punter has surfaced. They use form databases arid electronic formguides, along with the telephone and the Internet, which have all but eliminated the need to g...

I’ve talked in recent issues about factors of form in greyhound racing. Last month, I explained how easy it is to use a simple formula to find your selections. In this article, I intend to go over...

Although most punters are doomed to lose, it's an interesting facet of betting life in the world of horse-racing that the actual betting markets, produced by weight of money, are very efficient. I...

I don't care about the price, at least I've backed a winner," I heard a chap say at my local TAB recently. He'd just had $10 on a winner that paid $2.20. Good luck to him, but ... long term, what'...

I don't care about the price, at least I've backed a winner," I heard a chap say at my local TAB recently. He'd just had $10 on a winner that paid $2.20. Good luck to him, but ... long term, what'...

There are many ways by which you can turn a field of horses into a field of horses PLUS estimated 'true' prices. There are mechanical ways and 'instinctive' ways. In this article, I'll be looking...