Viking Archer 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...

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...

It isn't often that picking up the ride on a two-time Horse of the Year could be called a thankless task but that's what in-form jockey Zac Purton may have ahead of him in the Group Two Oriental Wa...

WHILE tomorrow's Blue Diamond Stakes Previews at Caulfield promise to give a valuable insight into the stocks of the top two-year-olds, the Zeditave Stakes for horses a year older appears to hold j...

Champion trainer John Size doesn't call on Brett Prebble too often 

Ambitious Dragon tossed aside some history in winning the Derby in March and he can repeat the dose in the HK$14 million Audemars Piguet QE II Cup at Sha Tin today. In what shapes as an all-Tony fi...

From RACING POST HKJohn Moore has owned the HK$8 million Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup in recent times and the leading trainer is in the driver's seat again this afternoon, with expensive import Iria...