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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 w...
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 Pra...
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...
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 ser...
A basic horse racing form study mistake, says American handicapping expert James Quinn: crossing off too many horses too early, because they haven...
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...
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...
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 str...
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 boar...
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 Practi...
Our long-range betting section is up and running for the Brisbane carnival...PPD Club members should go to the Long Range Betting page for our earl...
PPD Club members can access our long-range tip for the Doncaster by checking into the Long Range Betting page.
It's Black Caviar Day at Royal Ascot - and although we won't be tipping against the mighty mare, our UK experts will have their 'best bets' for oth...
PPD Club members can access our first long-range tip for the Melbourne Cup by going to the Long Range Betting page. The selection is currently avai...
Hong Kong-based Brett Prebble is expected to ride the Luca Cumani trained Drunken Sailor in his Australian starts. Drunken Sailor is 24th in the Ca...
PPD Club editor Brian Blackwell struck form again on Monday with a cracking winner at Rosehill..
We got our share, too...Supporters of the Tim Martin stable landed big money with his winners Blueys Way and Klatch at Canterbury on Wednesday- but...
A winning headline special for PPD Club members on Tuesday
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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...
Our long-range betting section is up and running for the Brisbane carnival...PPD Club members should go to the Long Range Betting page for our early selection for the Stradbroke Handicap.
It's Black Caviar Day at Royal Ascot - and although we won't be tipping against the mighty mare, our UK experts will have their 'best bets' for other races on the card. These are available to membe...
PPD Club members can access our first long-range tip for the Melbourne Cup by going to the Long Range Betting page. The selection is currently available at around 50/1.After So You Think's Irish Ch...
Hong Kong-based Brett Prebble is expected to ride the Luca Cumani trained Drunken Sailor in his Australian starts. Drunken Sailor is 24th in the Caulfield Cup order of entry. If he fails to make th...
We got our share, too...Supporters of the Tim Martin stable landed big money with his winners Blueys Way and Klatch at Canterbury on Wednesday- but they weren't the only ones cashing-in on Klatch. ...
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