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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...
In the second article in this series, PPM editor Brian Blackwell continues his analysis of recent results, and this month looks at a couple of big-race winners. Taking a ‘leap of faith’ is often ...
West Australian sprinter Scenic Blast, who underwent a throat operation last spring, is bound for Royal Ascot after carrying one of the highest weights in the last 50 years to victory in the Newmar...
When Bootlegging won at 66/1 at Randwick in late August, subscribers to the PPD Club were screaming for joy. The BIG winner had been handed out as a fantastic overlay selection by the Club's i...
Lee Freedman is relying on three-year-old Common Interest to give him his fifth Kensington Stakes (1000m) victory at Flemington.One of the favourites for Saturday's Listed sprint, the More Than Rea...
Craig Newitt is excited about his prospects of landing his second Group One Oakleigh Plate on tiny filly Headway.Newitt, who won the feature Caulfield sprint on Snitzel four years ago, believes Hea...