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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...

First it was Max Presnell giving smart-aleck apprentice Daniel Ganderton some 'advice' (see earlier Hot Gossip item) and now another veteran scribbler (retired, almost) Ken Callander is handing out...

How much stress do you bring upon yourself by taking your racehorse betting seriously? Lots, says one US psychiatrist, and it doesn't even matter if you're only betting in small-dollar peanuts! ...

A professional punter I know reckons the trifecta remains the best way to get big profits on Australian racing, but he says the exacta runs a close second. He warns, though, that “exacta science”...

A professional punter I know reckons the trifecta remains the best way to get big profits on Australian racing, but he says the exacta runs a close second. He warns, though, that “exacta science”...

A professional punter I know reckons the trifecta remains the best way to get big profits on Australian racing, but he says the exacta runs a close second. He warns, though, that “exacta science”...

Jon Hudson probes racing's cash mentality. I'm one of those punters who thoroughly enjoys the knockabout gregariousness of the racetrack, in contrast to some serious punters who are loners and ...