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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...

How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...

Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...

Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

Trainer Rick Hore-Lacy is bringing his Grp 1-winning colt Toorak Toff back to racing on Saturday. He's in the the Red Tempo Handicap at Flemington on his way to next month's $1 million Magic Millio...

Former Northern Territory speedster The Soldier has recovered from a setback and will run in Saturday's Red Tempo Handicap at Flemington.The eight-year-old was to have his second start for Caulfiel...

Trainer Ben Ahrens is sweating on a genuine tempo in Thursday's Listed Grafton Cup as Spechenka chases his third black-type staying feature of the season."The pace of the race is my biggest concern...

Tempo concerns are outweighing worries about the strength of the opposition for Grahame Begg as the Randwick trainer tries to plot a Queen Elizabeth Stakes upset with Secret Admirer.Secret Admirer ...

A genuine pace in Sunday's Turnbull Stakes will give Shoot Out the option of being ridden more patiently, with trainer John Wallace excited about his prospects at Flemington.The AJC Australian Derb...

With the exception of an added 200m, the John Size-trained Fay Fay is back where he was four weeks ago as the horse to beat in a Group One four-year-old event where sweating on the tempo is his gre...