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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...
Any punter taking an in-depth look at the form for a race will usually be taking into account how long it has been since a horse had its last star...
Using statistical trends to make profits from betting is my chosen path. The stats behind my bets are a great mental support to me during losing s...
The spell dates, that is the days between starts, for some horses are a real worry for the punter.This weekend there are two horses racing at Caulf...
Looking at two recent Saturday meetings in Sydney and Melbourne, I was struck by the statistics of each winner's 'last run' days. They served to e...
Of all the racetrack factors none is as important as the fitness of the racehorse you have under scrutiny for a possible wager. The mighty hor...
JOCKEY Steven Arnold is likely to achieve the rare feat of riding in feature races in three countries in just seven days after he was yesterday gra...
Of all the racetrack factors none is as important as the fitness of the racehorse you have under scrutiny for a possible wager. The mighty horse...
In recent times I have become a fan of a systems approach in order to provide me with a base number of selections per betting day which I then put...
Statistics can play a vital role in the way we assess races. But how can you use statistics to help your betting and your selection process? In th...
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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...
Any punter taking an in-depth look at the form for a race will usually be taking into account how long it has been since a horse had its last start. It's generally accepted that the longer the pe...
Using statistical trends to make profits from betting is my chosen path. The stats behind my bets are a great mental support to me during losing spells. My faith in their long-term profitability c...
The spell dates, that is the days between starts, for some horses are a real worry for the punter.This weekend there are two horses racing at Caulfield that fit this worrying pattern. In race two K...
Looking at two recent Saturday meetings in Sydney and Melbourne, I was struck by the statistics of each winner's 'last run' days. They served to emphasise the value of recent form when making sele...
Of all the racetrack factors none is as important as the fitness of the racehorse you have under scrutiny for a possible wager. The mighty horses of the past have all been beaten by horses sev...
JOCKEY Steven Arnold is likely to achieve the rare feat of riding in feature races in three countries in just seven days after he was yesterday granted a temporary licence to compete in the Macau C...
Of all the racetrack factors none is as important as the fitness of the racehorse you have under scrutiny for a possible wager. The mighty horses of the past have all been beaten by horses sever...
In recent times I have become a fan of a systems approach in order to provide me with a base number of selections per betting day which I then put through my own rigorous form analysis. Over man...
Statistics can play a vital role in the way we assess races. But how can you use statistics to help your betting and your selection process? In this article, Martin Dowling examines the work of De...
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