Superstitious Horse

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...

A basic horse racing form study mistake, says American handicapping expert James Quinn: crossing off too many horses too early, because they haven't run within 30 to 45 days or their last race loo...

A professional horse racing handicapper on why a betting plan that once paid can stop working, and why, after a frustrating two hours of placed win bets, he still won't bet them to place. In Februa...

Wow, that was a short comeback...Gai Waterhouse's dream machine Amelia's Dream broke down in her near foreleg during an exhibition gallop at Rosehill on Saturday...and it was the same leg in which ...

Zac Purton took advantage of Joao Moreira's absence to draw another two wins clear at the top of the jockeys' championship, and he feels there could be another win in store for one of his winners,...

It won't be hard spotting Norm Hilton in the Caulfield crowd if he wins Saturday's Group One Toorak Handicap with Queenslander Poor Judge.He'll be the one wearing the big black Akubra hat, cheering...

Jockey Brad Pengelly gave Queensland's rising star Albert The Fat the thumbs up for a Sydney spring campaign following the sprinter's rousing victory at Doomben.Albert The Fat was ridden coolly in ...

Last month, we looked at the psychological pressures of "negative recency" and "utility" and how they affect the average gambler. We tried to highlight how these factors may influence you uncons...

Young trainer Eden Petrie expects to be either a hero or villain after giving his casting vote in favour of Brad Pengelly to partner spring hopeful Albert The Fat in the Clean Domain Handicap at Do...