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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...

Few seasons promise the variety and change that lies ahead in the 2013-14 term in so many areas of the booming game.  

Surprise, surprise...A State Govt commissione report says there should be a merger of the AJC and STC. The outcome hardly comes as a shock to anyone. As soon as the Minister called for the report, ...

The luxury of a kind draw in a race where draws can be so unkind looks the edge that Richard Gibson-trained  Gold-Fun  needs to land the $12 million Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon, ...

In the Asian Racing Federation rankings for the first six months of the year, Australia (and New Zealand) has just three of the top 13 horses.  Lankan Rupee  is the highest rated sprinter in the r...

All racing eyes around the world turn to Hong Kong and to Sha Tin on Sunday for the Audemars Piguet QE II Cup, a race that shapes as a gladiatorial contest between our best middle distance horses ...

J apanese galloper Just A Way has been crowned the Longines World’s Best Racehorse for 2014 in London, reports Racing Victoria (www.racing.com). The brilliant six-year-old son of Heart’s Cry won...