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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...
Canberra gelding Voice Commander will put his Villiers Stakes credentials on the line when he returns to Sydney for the Festival Stakes at Rosehill...
AFTER a superb Cox Plate performance, New Zealand's best thoroughbred, Jimmy Choux, returns for another shot at Australian group 1 glory in tomorro...
Happy man...Mark Kavanagh has welcomed back his superstar filly Atlantic Jewel to his Flemington stable. Atlantic Jewel, unbeaten in five starts an...
CHAMPION jockey Darren Beadman will return to ride emerging star Love Conquers All in the Magic Millions Trophy at the Gold Coast on Saturday week,...
Australian-bred Rocket Man is ready to take on the world's best sprinters again after a record-breaking return at Kranji.Rocket Man smashed the Kra...
Tye Angland has returned from Hong Kong in the best possible way riding a winner his first day back at the races in Sydney on The Alfonso for...
VICTORIA'S leading trainer Peter Moody has been notified by Racing Victoria Limited stewards of a positive swab taken from stakes winning mare Retu...
Country life has rejuvenated Lockmar but Wagga Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland is hoping the veteran galloper still has an affinity for Sydney's Ro...
Injury prone Tasmanian galloper Geejayhaitch returns to Sandown for the first time since breaking down after a win there in August.Trainer Walter M...
Champ sprinter Black Caviar is back in work with Peter Moody - and so far only 3 races are earmarked for her in Australia in 2012. After her return...
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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...
Canberra gelding Voice Commander will put his Villiers Stakes credentials on the line when he returns to Sydney for the Festival Stakes at Rosehill.Voice Commander comes into the 1500m feature in g...
AFTER a superb Cox Plate performance, New Zealand's best thoroughbred, Jimmy Choux, returns for another shot at Australian group 1 glory in tomorrow's Emirates Stakes at Flemington, reports Craig Y...
Happy man...Mark Kavanagh has welcomed back his superstar filly Atlantic Jewel to his Flemington stable. Atlantic Jewel, unbeaten in five starts and rated the best 3YO filly in the world at a middl...
CHAMPION jockey Darren Beadman will return to ride emerging star Love Conquers All in the Magic Millions Trophy at the Gold Coast on Saturday week, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald....
Australian-bred Rocket Man is ready to take on the world's best sprinters again after a record-breaking return at Kranji.Rocket Man smashed the Kranji 1200-metre course record in the Group Three Wo...
Tye Angland has returned from Hong Kong in the best possible way riding a winner his first day back at the races in Sydney on The Alfonso for Chris Waller, reports Racing Network. Angland w...
VICTORIA'S leading trainer Peter Moody has been notified by Racing Victoria Limited stewards of a positive swab taken from stakes winning mare Returntosender at Caulfield in April, reports The Age....
Country life has rejuvenated Lockmar but Wagga Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland is hoping the veteran galloper still has an affinity for Sydney's Rosehill racetrack.Broken in by Sutherland but train...
Injury prone Tasmanian galloper Geejayhaitch returns to Sandown for the first time since breaking down after a win there in August.Trainer Walter McShane said the seven-year-old was found to have f...
Champ sprinter Black Caviar is back in work with Peter Moody - and so far only 3 races are earmarked for her in Australia in 2012. After her return to the track in the Grp 2 Australia Stakes (1200m...
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