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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...

How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...

Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...

Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

Semi-retired veterinarian Ian Shaw has dabbled in training thoroughbreds for the past 42 years with limited success, but he had his day in the hot Canterbury sun Saturday when winning the New Zeala...

A decision not to roll the dice during the Brisbane winter carnival could pay off in the spring for connections of Rothera who makes his comeback at Doomben on Saturday.Trainer Ben Currie has penci...

Veteran New Zealand jockey Noel Harris has scotched any rumours of retirement in the wake of his latest Group One victory in Saturday's Telegraph Handicap.Harris, 55 earlier this month, gave Tim an...

South Australian Libby Hopwood celebrated the biggest thrill of her career when she wore Sheikh Mohammed's colours to victory in an apprentices only race at Canterbury.The 21-year-old gained an ins...

Can you hypnotise yourself into becoming a winner? Probably not, though a French gambler hit the headlines when he claimed some years ago that he won millions of francs in a casino after he'd been...

For many years now, the trifecta has been the "thrill kill" bet for Australia's legion of horse-racing punters. Frankly, we love it. It offers one of the few chances for a big payout for a small ...