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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...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, and a bet on the one whose name you liked. Writing in Practical Punting in September 2000, Richard Hartley Jnr...
Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing", as Richard Hartley Jnr put it in Practical Punti...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back. Writing in Practical Punting Magazine, Richard Ha...
Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Writing in Practical Punting in June 2000, Richard Ha...
In what was little more than an exhibition gallop, unbeaten mare Black Caviar picked up a Group Two cheque and her seventh straight win at Moonee Valley on Saturday.Trainer Peter Moody made the lat...
Former champion jockey Patrick Payne added the Great Eastern Steeplechase to his resume when It's A Dud outstayed his opposition to win the Oakbank feature on Monday.Payne landed his biggest win as...
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Jockey of the moment Craig Williams is now off to Perth to ride next weekend and then he wings it to Japan for a 6-weeks stint. He'll be back for the Magic Millions carnival at the Gold Cst in Janu...
Apprentice Tim Bell's appeal against a careless riding suspension will be heard on Thursday. Bell is appealing his conviction and severity of suspension. He was suspended from Jan 2 through to Jan...
Hi all...please see two great video links on YouTube -- courtesy of the Australian Turf Club -- which were taken from this morning’s official two year old trials at Royal Randwick. Irelan...
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