Testing 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...

Hawkesbury Race 6 - TAB No. 6 (Mr Unforgettable) Caulfield Race 5 - TAB No. 5 (Arinosa)Caulfield Race 6 - TAB No. 3 (Vivid Vixen)Eagle Farm Race 3 - TAB No. 5 (Heartshaker)Morphetteville Race 6 - T...

Oh dear, more 'Nanny' rules to wring racing's neck...Now there's a proposed amendment of an Australian racing rule that would force any "horse handler" to be subjected to tough recreational drug an...

DOMINANT Victorian trainer Peter Moody is miffed by suggestions that leading trainers are less likely to face drug testing because they are too important to racing, reports the Melbourne Herald Sun...

Do lucky saddlecloth numbers win? In 2007 a Practical Punting writer counted 660 Australian horse racing results — 7,363 runners, every TAB number from one to ten — instead of arguing about it. Num...

Good news...Champion sprinter Black Caviar has been cleared of any cobalt issue that might have affected her winning performance in the 2011 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick. NSW chief steward Ray...

Racing Victoria (RV) General Manager - Integrity, Dayle Brown, has strongly denied allegations made in yesterday's Sunday Herald Sun newspaper regarding widespread Erythropoietin (EPO) use within t...