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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...

Black Caviar update...Peter Moody says superstar sprinter Black Caviar has recently completed a month's pre-training before having another month's spell and then a further five weeks up at Peter Cl...

She’s Archie retired from racing almost a decade ago, but the 2003 Melbourne Cup runner-up continues to endear herself to trainer Darren Weir, reports Racing Victoria.  The Ballarat horseman w...

Tony Vasil doesn't normally throw his horses in at the deep end but it was easy to see why he ran two-year-old filly Psychologist on debut in the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield.The Choisir filly...

Adelaide trainer Leon Macdonald will give thought to running Southern Speed in the Australian Guineas in two weeks following her strong win in The Vanity at Flemington.Macdonald, who co-trains the ...

Corey Brown declared he would be raring to go for Derby Day at Flemington despite being stood down from his final ride at Canterbury on Wednesday.Brown jolted his neck back just after the start of ...

Glen Boss knew star Sydney filly Samantha Miss had the physical requirements to run a big race in the Cox Plate before he rode her for the first time at Moonee Valley.But after learning a bit more ...