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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...

Bart Cummings may have a fresh Epsom hope with comeback horse Empire's Choice. The Queensland Derby winner produced a barnstorming effort for 3rd to More Joyous at only his second run from a 14-mon...

Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford is hoping Racing Victoria Chief Handicapper Greg Carpenter will take note of Royal Empire's encouraging victory at Newbury. Such was the relish with which ...

Godolphin struck in the September Stakes at Kempton late on Saturday evening, but it was Prince Bishop who eclipsed their leading Emirates Melbourne Cup contender Royal Empire in a thrilling clim...

By studying the official handicappers ratings for each runner you will have every chance of saving yourself the problem of backing horses on the limit weight that are outclassed. In the 2000m open ...

By studying the official handicappers ratings for each runner you will have every chance of saving yourself the problem of backing horses on the limit weight that are outclassed. In the 2000m open ...

In less than a year, Peter Robl has gone from being a celebrated country jockey to being confirmed as the number one rider for Nathan Tinkler's burgeoning thoroughbred empire, Patinack Farm.Since h...