Running On Empty Horse

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...

How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...

Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...

Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

GAI Waterhouse's Randwick stables are down on numbers with as many as 30 boxes empty, causing Sydney's highest-profile trainer to cut staff, reports The Age. It says: The Smith-Waterhouse stable ha...

Trainer Peter Moody says Black Caviar may have been scratched from the Schweppes Stakes at Moonee Valley had stewards not taken the unprecedented step to alter the barrier draw.Barrier rogue Here D...

In the racing game, it is virtually accepted as fact that jockeys are the worst judges. I did find the comments of Glen Boss in the aftermath of Smart Missile's impressive Run to the Rose win, howe...

Gai Waterhouse will avoid a showdown between Gooree-owned stablemates Dreamscape and Swift Alliance despite nominating the last start winners for the same race at Randwick on Saturday.The two horse...

Star three-year-old Sea Siren has become the first filly to win the Group One Doomben 10,000 but her chance of further history rests with Queensland Racing handicappers.Sea Siren ($4.20) showed her...

Exciting frontrunner Dusty Star has progressed quicker than anticipated and will resume ahead of schedule in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield.Jockey Craig Williams is upbeat about th...