Pauline's Dream 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...

A gamble to extend Absolutely's campaign to Queensland in the hope of rain could pay off for Melbourne trainer Mick Kent.Kent is looking for a rain-affected track with Absolutely who will make her ...

Rain and more rain and now the Caulfield Cup meeting is in danger of being called off...Chief Steward Terry Bailey says if the condition of the track continues to deteriorate, he could be forced to...

Trainer Sharyn Trolove has decided to take on the better class mares at Flemington with country-trained God Help Her after scratching the four-year-old from a Sandown midweek meeting to avoid a hea...

John O'Shea is reserved about the wet-track prospects of the up-and-coming Duke Of Cornwall who will step out at Warwick Farm on Saturday.The three-year-old won on slow going last preparation but t...

Queensland's flooding rains have put a dampener on the chances of classy colt Shocking contesting next month's Queensland Derby.Trainer Mark Kavanagh said he was "in two minds" about risking the em...

Queensland's flooding rains have put a dampener on the chances of classy colt Shocking contesting next month's Queensland Derby.Trainer Mark Kavanagh said he was "in two minds" about risking the em...