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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...

One of the toughest jobs as a public tipster is selecting the actual races in which to make the selections. Past experience has taught me there is no way I can satisfy every reader of my blogs or l...

As I write this, so far this calendar year there have been 128 races of the types that I like to recommend and prefer to bet on. I'm talking about the Group races (1, 2 and 3), the Special Conditi...

Recent rain in Sydney hasn't detracted from trainer Gillian Heinrich's excitement with Sweepstaking who faces the biggest test of her career in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick on Sat...

There are many punters around who like to stick to a staking plan, but who prefer to fiddle around with their actual bets. In other words, they want the type of bet to be made to be left to their ...

There are many punters around who like to stick to a staking plan, but who prefer to fiddle around with their actual bets. In other words, they want the type of bet to be made to be left to their ...

There are many punters around who like to stick to a staking plan, but who prefer to fiddle around with their actual bets. In other words, they want the type of bet to be made to be left to their ...