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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...

This analysis is for favourite backers, For each of the tracks mentioned below, the favourites have been analysed over the past five years, This month these pages compare the favourite results for...

This analysis is for favourite backers, For each of the tracks mentioned below, the favourites have been analysed over the past five years, This month these pages compare the favourite results for...

Can you actually win at punting? Yes — but not the way most punters go about it. In this one, Gordon works through a classic Practical Punting piece on what it really takes: the professional's mind...

Can you tell a genuinely fast run from one that just looks fast? In this one, Gordon unpacks "par times" — the smoothed average time for each track, distance and going — so you can read the clock t...

This analysis is for favourite backers. For each of the tracks mentioned below, the favourites have been analysed over the past five years. This month these pages compare the favourite results f...

This analysis is for favourite backers. For each of the tracks mentioned below, the favourites have been analysed over the past five years. This month these pages compare the favourite results f...