Steel Rain 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...

Trainer Mike Moroney has mixed feelings about another wet weekend as he attempts to win the Group Three Eclipse Stakes with Our Tigress and Viking Hero at Sandown.The heavy rain forecast would favo...

Trainer Desleigh Forster isn't backing down from her claim that Adebisi is Queensland's best three-year-old and expects the colt to prove her right in the Group Three Vo Rogue Plate at Doomben on S...

Trainer Steele Ryan says his topline mare Deer Valley may be vulnerable in the $100,000 Goldmarket Handicap on Monday.Ryan will saddle two runners in the Gold Coast feature sprint with Steel Lips t...

Four-year-old Viking Hero has surprised his connections and won the Group Three Eclipse Stakes after they nearly scratched him because of the heavy track.Trainer Mike Moroney said he spoke to part-...

Acupuncture has been the key to the rejuvenation of veteran galloper Command Prince who is looking to win his first city race in more than two years at Caulfield.Trainer Tony Parker said an exhaust...

The world's best horse of 2003 Falbrav bowed out of racing with a stunning international win at Sha Tin and 13 years later, the HK$25 million Longines Hong Kong Cup sets up for Japanese star Mauri...