Strong Heart 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...

MARK Kavanagh was measured when assessing the prospects of Chivalry in Saturday's Blue Diamond.  Kavanagh noted it was "clever" not to have high expectations in the Diamond given it is always a ...

JUST one week out from jumps racing's most important three days of the year, the sport again kept its nose clean during a series of qualifying trials at Warrnambool yesterday, reports The Age.It sa...

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...

A horse fatality has marred the start to the Victorian jumps season at Warrnambool.Five-year-old Casa Boy was put down after he crashed heavily in the Ace Radio Maiden Hurdle (3224m) at his second ...

Caulfield trainer Mick Price is circumspect about the emergence of four-year-old mare Velocitea as a top-class sprinter.The winner of Adelaide's Group One Goodwood Handicap (1200m) in May, Velocite...

Caulfield trainer Mick Price is circumspect about the emergence of four-year-old mare Velocitea as a top-class sprinter.The winner of Adelaide's Group One Goodwood Handicap (1200m) in May, Velocite...