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Picking winners comes down to what has changed about a horse, and what everyone else has missed. Writing in Practical Punting in January 2004, US ...
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...
A Short One and a Question for You...OK, somebody tell me.A trainer was rubbed out yesterday for six months.His horse, a topliner with a recent big...
Caulfield Guineas winner Starspangledbanner has returned a confirmed positive test to a banned substance in a sample taken from him in August. Raci...
In the podcast I posted today I made mention of backing true favourites but as the focus of the podcast was more on percentages than reasons I thou...
October 17, 2009 Pensioner Plan SelectionsPlan 1: Wildcat System Selections - not to be backed: just baseline selections based on best last start f...
Pensioner Plan: November 21,2009****Selections sent Friday afternoon: there will be no adjustments tomorrow as I am away for the weekend ****Plan 1...
Pensioner Plan: November 28,2009Plan 1 :Wildcat System Selections - not to be backed: just baseline selections based on best last start form of hor...
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...
During my overseas jaunt I have been able to update the Pensioner Plan experiment figures I was struggling to finish just before I left. For those ...
My revision of the Plan A selections of the Pensioner Plan is complete. As you will be aware I logged 500 selections of the original "wildcat" sele...
Oct 3Pensioner Plan SelectionsPlan 1: Wildcat Selections (never to be backed: baseline selections only)RANDWICK 4-10-1-13-2-2-5-5-5-3FLEMINGTON 2-2...
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Picking winners comes down to what has changed about a horse, and what everyone else has missed. Writing in Practical Punting in January 2004, US professional Barry Meadow and Practical Punting ed...
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...
A Short One and a Question for You...OK, somebody tell me.A trainer was rubbed out yesterday for six months.His horse, a topliner with a recent big win against his name, is worth millions.The pre-r...
Caulfield Guineas winner Starspangledbanner has returned a confirmed positive test to a banned substance in a sample taken from him in August. Racing Victoria stewards say a pre race urine sample t...
In the podcast I posted today I made mention of backing true favourites but as the focus of the podcast was more on percentages than reasons I thought I would provide some examples of how to find a...
October 17, 2009 Pensioner Plan SelectionsPlan 1: Wildcat System Selections - not to be backed: just baseline selections based on best last start form of horses in first three lines of betting via ...
Pensioner Plan: November 21,2009****Selections sent Friday afternoon: there will be no adjustments tomorrow as I am away for the weekend ****Plan 1 :Wildcat System Selections - not to be backed: ju...
Pensioner Plan: November 28,2009Plan 1 :Wildcat System Selections - not to be backed: just baseline selections based on best last start form of horses in first three lines of betting via "The Sport...
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...
During my overseas jaunt I have been able to update the Pensioner Plan experiment figures I was struggling to finish just before I left. For those not interested this is going to be quite a long bl...
My revision of the Plan A selections of the Pensioner Plan is complete. As you will be aware I logged 500 selections of the original "wildcat" selections and at the end of the record keeping to say...
Oct 3Pensioner Plan SelectionsPlan 1: Wildcat Selections (never to be backed: baseline selections only)RANDWICK 4-10-1-13-2-2-5-5-5-3FLEMINGTON 2-2-9-5-2-1-11-10-5BELMONT PARK 1-4-1-9-3-1-5-1DOOMBE...
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