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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...

THREE race series initiatives spread across Queensland will form an important plank in the State Government's plan to rejuvenate country racing, reports Bart Sinclair in the Courier-Mail in Brisban...

Brian Jenkins is planning to move on as soon as possible from Seguro's luckless defeat at Bendigo on Sunday.The Cranbourne trainer has decided on a quick back-up and Seguro will run in Saturday's $...

Darley dabbles...The big and hungry Darley outfit will showcase three of its Blue Diamond hopefuls in two States next Saturday to ramp up the assault on the $1 million race. Montsegur and Kuroshio ...

THE plans for a two-day Cox Plate meeting, which has triggered an angry response from critics who fear the Moonee Valley track surface could be badly affected for Australia's weight-for-age champio...

The fate of Sydney's showcase spring carnival meeting on October 1 will be announced on Friday amid concerns over the safety of one of the main grandstands at Randwick.Corrosion in structural steel...

Bendigo has been granted a premier stand alone Saturday meeting for three years with the first to be held in March next year.To be known as the Golden Mile raceday, the meeting will replace the Mel...