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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...
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...
Jumping races still offer great opportunities for punters to make handsome profits- because the form standard is high. In this absorbing article, PPM's Jon Hudson tells you all about how to profit...
Gai Waterhouse has put Dreamscape over the obstacles to switch him on for his clash with weight-for-age heavyweights Racing To Win and Vision And Power in the Group Two Warwick Stakes at Randwick.I...
WHILE Victorian jumps racing is in a state flux, one of the state's notable exports is on the cusp of competing in some of England's most prestigious jumps races, reports The Age.It says: With jump...
THE Australian Jumping Racing Association yesterday claimed that the groundswell of support to overrule the decision to stop jumps races next year was overwhelming, reports the Sunday Age.It says: ...
Exciting jumper Pentiffic has the world at his feet after he completed a rare treble of wins culminating in the Grand National Steeplechase.If there were any doubts about an invitation to run in ne...
Victoria's jumps season should be a beauty! Scores of horses have got their 'ticket' and the season has been compressed and structured with the Grand Nationals set for July, not a month later...Pri...
THE metropolitan jumping season ended on a high for Ciaron Maher, Steven Pateman, Trent Wells and Fran Houlahan yesterday, but if jumps advocates have their way next year, the season finale might t...
THE Australian Jumping Racing Association yesterday delivered an unprecedented attack on the chairman and chief executive of Racing Victoria Limited and vowed to fight yesterday's ruling to termina...
Graeme Rogerson is prepared to assist John Wheeler in campaigning a team of horses for the jumping season in England.The two trainers provided the quinella in the Wellington Steeplechase at Trentha...
In this two-part article, Paul Bockman, one of Australia's leading jumps racing form analysts, discusses the key form factors he uses to beat the jumps. WHY THE JUMPS? Intelligent people often...
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