Perfect Test 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...

Boom colt Didntcostalot has come back stronger and smarter as he prepares for his biggest test at Warwick Farm on Saturday.The undefeated three-year-old will aptly resume in a race sponsored by his...

The Peter Snowden stable believes Saturday is the perfect time for Pied A Terre to take on older horses and tackle a black-type race for the first time in the Chester Manifold Stakes at Flemington....

Nick Olive has been looking to test Voice Commander over 2000 metres and says he's found the perfect opportunity to do it in Saturday's Listed Frank Underwood Cup.Olive has also accepted for Monday...

The Gold Coast has been a happy hunting ground for David Pfieffer and he is hoping Magic Millions Guineas favourite Safusa can keep it that way.The Sydney trainer has an unblemished record at the t...

Regular jockey Luke Nolen has put a concise seal of approval on champion mare Black Caviar as she prepares to step into uncharted territory at Caulfield on Saturday.After riding the mare in her fin...

Craig Williams' prediction that Response had a big future will be put to the test when she resumes in the Group Three Cockram Stakes at Caulfield.The four-year-old mare impressed the champion jocke...