Requisite Horse

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...

Making the step into Class One for the first time is never easy but few horses make the transition off a platform as spectacular as Golden Harvest's lead-up victory on the way to the Happy Valley...

British Champions Series officials hope there will be four Group One prizes on Champions Day next year.The brilliant display of the mighty Frankel in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes was the un...

1025 yearlings have been nominated for the 2014 edition of the $1 million Group 1 Sportingbet Blue Diamond Stakes, with entries closed by the Melbourne Racing Club this week.

There's been no sign of cider at Tulloch Lodge - only champagne - after an utterly dominant autumn carnival. Pierro's golden run, Laser Hawk's emergence, More Joyous' greatest triumph and a string ...

Young Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams would have to be one of the nicest guys in racing, and after Uxorious' gutsy win in the time-honoured Wangoom Handicap yesterday, the one they call 'Beetr...

The idea of deriving your income solely from wagering on horses has been predominantly viewed by society as an ethically objectionable career choice. The inexorable link between racing and gambl...