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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...
Promising sprinter Second Effort will be looking to wind up a brief summer campaign with victory in the Listed Doveton Stakes at Caulfield.Trainer ...
In-form sprinter Second Effort will step into the unknown when he has his first start at Flemington in Saturday's Straight Six under equal topweigh...
There were a number of horses racing second-up from spells at Eagle Farm on December 5. All lost. At Sandown that day, there were 11 horses in tha...
We hear a lot about the 'second-up syndrome'. Those who believe in it make the sweeping generalisation that horses racing second-up from a spell n...
Melbourne Cup aspirant Holberg is still in the mix for a trip to Australia despite being beaten in a 2400m race at Kempton.Holberg made ground late...
Not a bad return to racing for last year's Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden on Saturday night...The classy French stayer ran 3rd, beaten 5.75 lengths,...
The Clinton McDonald-trained Second Effort maintained his unbeaten record on wet tracks when he won the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool, edg...
New Zealand jockey sensation James McDonald celebrated his first winnerin the UK at only his second ride
OWNER Lloyd Williams yesterday paid up for nine of his stayers to remain in the hunt for the Caulfield Cup, but two of his best chances, At First S...
Jockey Dan Nikolic has been engaged to try to help first up specialist Secret Flyer to a second win in the Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington.T...
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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...
Promising sprinter Second Effort will be looking to wind up a brief summer campaign with victory in the Listed Doveton Stakes at Caulfield.Trainer Clinton McDonald said it was likely that the light...
In-form sprinter Second Effort will step into the unknown when he has his first start at Flemington in Saturday's Straight Six under equal topweight of 60 kilograms.The five-year-old carried 56kg t...
There were a number of horses racing second-up from spells at Eagle Farm on December 5. All lost. At Sandown that day, there were 11 horses in that category. All lost. At Rosehill, there were six....
We hear a lot about the 'second-up syndrome'. Those who believe in it make the sweeping generalisation that horses racing second-up from a spell never win. They avoid them like the plague. But wh...
Melbourne Cup aspirant Holberg is still in the mix for a trip to Australia despite being beaten in a 2400m race at Kempton.Holberg made ground late to run second in the Group Three September Stakes...
Not a bad return to racing for last year's Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden on Saturday night...The classy French stayer ran 3rd, beaten 5.75 lengths, in the Grp 2 2400m Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarke...
The Clinton McDonald-trained Second Effort maintained his unbeaten record on wet tracks when he won the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool, edging out comeback mare Wealth Princess.The five-yea...
OWNER Lloyd Williams yesterday paid up for nine of his stayers to remain in the hunt for the Caulfield Cup, but two of his best chances, At First Sight and Green Moon, may struggle to make the fiel...
Jockey Dan Nikolic has been engaged to try to help first up specialist Secret Flyer to a second win in the Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington.Trainer Mark Young has targeted Saturday's feature ...
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