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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...
Australian raider Coniston Bluebird has won the New Zealand Derby by a bob of the head over Down the Road at Ellerslie.Trained by Bede Murray on the NSW south coast, Coniston Bluebird came back aft...
New Zealand-based Australian jockey Gavin McKeon is in an induced coma after suffering suspected head injuries in a race fall.McKeon was riding at Otaki on Thursday when his mount clipped heels and...
Given he's been buying horses from New Zealand since 1958, it's no surprise Bart Cummings is almost regarded as an honorary Kiwi.As of Monday, it's official. He's now the first foreigner to be give...
Bacchanal Woman confirmed a trip to New Zealand for a tilt at Group One glory with her commanding victory in the Listed National Sprint at Canberra on Sunday.Trainer Keith Dryden is aiming the mare...
A trip to New Zealand to try to snare an elusive Group One victory is next on the agenda for sprinter Swift Alliance, winner of Saturday's Listed Razor Sharp at Randwick.The five-year-old made ligh...
Short-priced favourite Jimmy Choux has lived up to his reputation to capture the Group One $NZ2.2 million New Zealand Derby at a rain-sodden Ellerslie in Auckland.The Thorn Park colt, perfectly rid...
Atomic Force may have missed out on an invitation to Hong Kong but his connections are eyeing other overseas options following a last-stride victory at Canterbury on Saturday.The Group One Galaxy w...
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