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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...
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...
Kerry Parker expects another rise in distance to be a help and not a hindrance to Nextanix in Saturday's Listed Christmas Cup at Rosehill."He's always just been a horse that we thought would get be...
Weights for the Stradbroke are set to rise 1.5kg when the final field is announced on Wednesday, with Ortensia to carry 51.5kg and West Australian galloper Marasco the expected topweight with 57kg....
From NEIL FRANKLYNGEORGE NEIL4g : J Phillips : Tauherenikau3 starts : 1 win : 1 placeWin distance range : 1400mTrack conditions won on : HeavyThis gelding has only experienced a handful of raceday ...
The Williams team is guarded about the immediate future of three-year-old Linton who graduated from a country success to win the Group Two Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee valley at only his third st...
HE MIGHT not yet have the aura of celebrated stablemates, but unbeaten Darley three-year-old Pied A Terre is likely to take another step up in class when he takes on the older horses in the Chester...
Nick Olive has been looking to test Voice Commander over 2000 metres and says he's found the perfect opportunity to do it in Saturday's Listed Frank Underwood Cup.Olive has also accepted for Monday...
Gerald Ryan says Rothesay's three-quarter sister La Parisienne will be a better horse next preparation but believes she can still be competitive at her first city start at Randwick.La Parisienne ta...
Trainer Nigel Blackiston says Littorio's improvement since his strong win in the Turnbull Stakes and the 400-metre step up in distance will stand the four-year-old in good stead for Saturday's $2.5...
Training racehorses is more hobby than profession for Mario Caltabiano these days but that doesn't mean he has lost his competitive edge.Caltabiano will start Back On Top in the Hylands Kids Colour...
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