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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...

Well-fancied All Silent may miss Sat's Doomben 10,000. Connections are not keen to run him on a badly rain-affected track, and that's how it's likely to be unless Brisbane's current rainy weather s...

Hawkesbury's big stand-alone meeting on Saturday could be in doubt if persistent rain continues over the next 48 hours. The track was rated Heavy-8 on Thursday morning and the forecast is for more ...

A wet track is likely to delay trainer Brian Smith's hopes of evaluating whether General Purple can measure up as a Brisbane winter carnival contender at Eagle Farm.Steady rain has forced Eagle Far...

Star Queensland sprinter Burdekin Blues has been entered for the rescheduled George Moore Stakes but continuing rain in Brisbane is likely to delay his return again.Trainer Barry Baldwin's preferre...

Warrnambool could end up a bog for Wednesday and Thursday's meetings. The track was rated Slow-7 on Wed morning after overnight rain. More rain is predicted.Will THAT car be won at Warrnambool? Pop...

THE expected downpour in Melbourne tomorrow morning is unlikely to stop the world's premier sprinter Black Caviar from running in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington. But just how fast she will run ...