Will To Excel 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...

Dual Group 1 winner  Dan Excel  arrived in Sydney on Monday in preparation for October's $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate, reports Racing Network. The John Moore-trained horse will spend a f...

Dan Excel  might not be considered the first choice from the John Moore stable

Leading Hong Kong trainer John Moore is planning to travel to Australia with his Singapore Gold Cup winner  Dan Excel . Moore is keen for the impressive Dan Excel to contest this year’s Cox Plate,...

Trainer John Moore is in a race against time to have Dan Excel ready for the A$3 million (HK$20.7 million) Cox Plate in Melbourne on October 25 after the gelding sprouted a temperature on Tuesday ...

Singapore International Cup winner  Dan Excel  could be heading to Melbourne for the Group 1 $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate. Sunday night's runaway winner with Tommy Berry on-board is owned b...

Damien Oliver will take the reins on Cox Plate-bound Dan Excel when he begins his campaign in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1,400m) at Caulfield on September 28. Trainer John Moore had expected...