Switched On 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...

This is interesting - the track that's supposed to be the saviour of washed-out turf meetings has fallen victim itself...Yes, Friday's Geelong synthetic meeting has had to be switched to Pakenham. ...

Wednesday's Betfair Park Sandown meeting has been transferred to the Geelong Synthetic track. Stewards inspected the Sandown track on Tuesday afternoon before deciding the track was unsafe.

Thursday's Ballarat meeting has been transferred to the Geelong Synthetic track. Heavy rain throughout Victoria over 24 hours, much of it in the Ballarat area, made the track unsafe for racing.

Not the stewards, thanks...The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board and NOT Racing Victoria stewards will deal with the charges brought against Danny Nikolic. The rider aksed for the switch. Raci...

Sunday’s abandoned Hobart Cup meeting will be staged as a twilight fixture this Friday evening. Following a violent storm that hit the Elwick course in Hobart mid-way through yesterday’s program,...

The Victoria Racing Club will close Melbourne Cup nominations on Sep 1, instead of the previous August 1 deadline. VRC chief executive Dale Monteith says the new closing date gives connections of C...