Truth Or Dare 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...

Where does the truth lie? Where indeed does the truth lie? What represents good value for a horse? Is it reasonable to argue that “any price about a winner is a good price?”  I’ve always though...

Where does the truth lie? Where indeed does the truth lie? What represents good value for a horse? Is it reasonable to argue that “any price about a winner is a good price?”  I’ve always though...

This time last year I was gearing up for a lot of things that didn’t happen. The culprit was a hideous disease called equine influenza, which decimated the thoroughbred livestock industry in New S...

It’s probably as good a time as any to present this article, given that we’re staring a New Year in the face and that the race designated the world’s most popular handicap has just been run. Of c...