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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...

The Melbourne Cup is run at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November. Here’s how to find the winner – the clues that point to Cup winners, what Point Of Law’s 2026 win taught us, and how to plan...

Superstar So You Think remains a 'red hot' $1.50 (2/1 ON) fav for Sat's Cox Plate after drawing well in gate #5. He is 5 points clear of second fav More Joyous, who will start from barrier #3. The ...

Latest betting for the Melbourne Cup following the barrier draw (from TAB)

FAME Game continues to dominate TAB betting on the Melbourne Cup , but Preferment now looms as a likely threat after drawing perfectly at last night’s barrier draw. Preferment is the second ...

The Optimist talks candidly with two long-time PPM writers, Richard Hartley and Damien Whitchurch, and asks them to identify their vital long-term winning factors. The Optimist: You've both been ...

Japanese stayer Jaguar Mail has gone straight to the top of Melbourne Cup betting following the release of noms for the great race on Tuesday. He's now equal fav at $17.00 (16/1) with the Bart Cumm...