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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...

Melbourne Cup winner Americain has left Australia to run in the Hong Kong International Vase on December 12. His jockey, Gerald Mosse, will ride in Perth on Saturday week at Ascot in the Kailis Int...

Royal Ascot winner Judgethemoment is emerging as a potential Melbourne Cup prospect, though his trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam doesn't seem convinced about the target. She says: 'The owner would like to...

Colour Correct, out of the money only 3 times in 19 career starts, has firmed up as $4.40 fav for Sat's big Railway Stakes at Ascot WA. The latest TAB Sportsbet market has CC clear of second fav Tr...

Congratulations to trainer John Sadler for slamming the trend to slash the distances of Australia's major city staying Cups.Sadler says the Brisbane Cup has lost its profile and status since severi...

  Exciting staying prospect Super Cool has returned to trainer Mark Kavanagh’s Flemington stables to begin preparations for the Spring Racing Carnival.

THE big wet that hit Flemington on Victoria Derby day last Saturday week and stayed through to Tuesday meant the crowds numbers over the four days - 353,178 - were the lowest since 2001, reports Th...