Playful As Horse

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...

Do you go to the mounting yard at the races and watch the horses as they walk around before the start of a race? It's surprising how few punters do so. Those that do probably just enjoy looking at...

Fledgling trainer Jarrod Austin wasn't sure the day would ever come when he would have the chance to take stable favourite Keen Commander back to the races.But his wait is almost over with Keen Com...

Trainer Gary Portelli has spent as much time psychoanalysing Something Anything as he has on the horse's physical preparation and reckons he has got him figured out.The five-year-old has been consi...

The Melbourne Cup hopes of Godolphin-owned stayers Holberg and Eastern Aria are fading.The global racing powerhouse is only assured of one runner, Campanologist, after a modern-day record of 47 hor...

Jockey Craig Newitt could hold the key that unlocks the undeniable talent of moody galloper Jungle Ruler on the way to next week's Winter Championship Final.Newitt was re-acquainted with the five-y...

Jockey Craig Newitt could hold the key that unlocks the undeniable talent of moody galloper Jungle Ruler on the way to next week's Winter Championship Final.Newitt was re-acquainted with the five-y...