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Picking winners is only half the job; backing them well is the other half. Writing in Practical Punting in February 2004, US professional Barry Meadow and Practical Punting editor Brian Blackwell ...
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...
One of America's legendary racing newsmen was 'Boots' Baker. He brought new ideas and revolutionary thinking to the US racing scene back in the '40s and '50s. The following are some of his ideas w...
Good to see Sth Aussie champ Clare Lindop riding successfully in the UK. Last Saturday, she scored a 1.5 lengths win aboard the Jeremy Gask trained Ivory Silk 9/2 in a 1200m sprint at Newmarket. Cl...
Aussie jockey Clare Lindop has won on a 20/1 shot at the Wolverhampton track in England overnight. She scored on the Jeremy Gask trained Chief Exec. He won by 2 lengths. The UK Racing Post says: S...
A star is born? Perhaps. Bubbly apprentice Alannah Fancourt certainly made an impression booting home Carry Me Bluey in Sunday's Sth Grafton Cup 1600m at Grafton. It was her 22nd winner in only 16 ...
Australian jockey Craig Williams scored one of the biggest wins of his career when he won ''Japan's Melbourne Cup'' on Jaguar Mail in Kyoto yesterday, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It says: Wil...
The fairytale continued for knockabout trainer Michael Tubman when Chance Bye made it two wins from as many starts with an explosive performance in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill, reports The Age.I...
MURRAY Baker is happy with the barrier gods, but now needs the weather gods to smile on him in Saturday’s Randwick Guineas. NZ 2000 Guineas winner Atlante drew favourably in gate 5 in the $600,...
MURRAY Baker sounded an ominous warning to his pending Championship rivals when he declared It’s A Dundeel has “ever been better”. Baker said It’s A Dundeel is completely over the foot issue that...
Trainer Murray Baker says AJC Australian Derby winner Nom Du Jeu will start in the Group One Stoney Bridge Stakes at Hastings, New Zealand on Saturday, despite returning a positive test to a banned...
Brett Prebble took over the Happy Valley meeting last night and took his leave until international day with another winning treble to stretch his lead at the top of the jockeys' leaderboard.He star...
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