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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...

The Luca Cumani trained Manighar is the first firmer for this year's Melbourne Cup, says TAB Sportsbet's Glenn Munsie. Bets of $800 and $600 @ $81 have seen the grey gelding firm into $51. At his l...

The Luca Cumani trained Manighar has been a price firmer for Sat's Caulfield Cup, according to bookies IASbet.com. It opened Manighar at 12/1 and he's now 10/1. Other firmers: Monaco Consul 30/1 to...

Caulfield Cup winner Descarado has moved to $13 for the Melbourne Cup, according to the market released by TAB Sportsbet following the CC. So You Think and Shocking are sharing the top line. The m...

Last year's winner Shocking remains a firm fav at $8.00 (7/1) for the Melbourne Cup after his bold run for 4th in Sat's 1800m Underwood at Caulfield. The runner-up Dariana has firmed to the second ...

Racing Victoria handicapper Greg Carpenter has penalised the Bart Cummings-trained Precedence 1.5kgs for the Melbourne Cup following the Zabeel 5YO's comfortable win in Sat's Moonee Valley Cup. Pre...

Are they serious? Bookies have the import December Draw at a very skinny 2.60 favoritism for the Caulfield Cup. The latest market from Betstar shows a gap to $9.00 for Lucas Cranach on the second l...