Some Eclipse Horse

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...

FEARLESS jumper Black And Bent has achieved many firsts during his remarkable career, both on the flat and over hurdles, but in South Australia tomorrow he could eclipse a record that has stood for...

Comeback galloper Tintern may be given a shot at the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday after claiming his second victory of the spring.Tintern won over 1700 metres at Sandown on Sat...

Comeback galloper Tintern may be given a shot at the Group Three Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Saturday after claiming his second victory of the spring.Tintern won over 1700 metres at Sandown on Sat...

Coral-Eclipse fav So You Think, now nominated for the Breeders' Cup, continues to firm in the betting and is as short as 8/11 Saturday's big race at Sandown . UK bookies are reporting "one-way traf...

Rachel Alexandra has won the first match-up between racing's leading ladies, beating out undefeated mare Zenyatta for Horse of the Year.Voters chose the fabulous filly for the year-end honour at th...

Exciting four-year-old Folding Gear will be chasing some tail-end spring spoils in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown.Father and son training combination Lee and Shannon Hope had hoped Folding Gear woul...