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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...

Champion jockey Damien Oliver has a real affinity with the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and at Caulfield on Saturday will be chasing his seventh win in the Group One feature aboard Master Of Design.Oli...

Apprentice Rebecca Williams had a day she'll never forget at Sandown where she landed her first city winner at her first ride in town aboard Alberti.Williams, 19, apprenticed to her mother Jennifer...

So you want to use 'times' as a benchmark for rating racehorses? It's tougher than it sounds. But keen punters can do it, as long as they are prepared to put in plenty of hard and detailed form st...

So you want some easy ways to attack the races? Okay! In this article, Martin Dowling puts it all in a nutshell, with 25 ways to beat the punt. I've lost count of the numbers of P.P.M. readers ...

Some years ago, while holidaying for a lengthy period in France, I met a chap who made his money on the Paris races by following a two-horses-in-the-one-race approach. He told me that at Longch...

Some years ago, while holidaying for a lengthy period in France, I met a chap who made his money on the Paris races by following a two-horses-in-the-one-race approach. He told me that at Longcha...