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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...
No, he's not kidding...Peter Moody is now seriously considering running champ Black Caviar in Sat's Grp 1 Futurity 1400m. Yes, he's had a change of mind (almost) from what he said after the mighty ...
Maybe she'll be lucky after all...There's a cautious air of optimism about the long-term future of injured superstar Black Caviar. While suspensory injuries can be career threatening, Black Caviar,...
Criterion is the favourite for Saturday’s Group 1 Australian Derby (2400m). As pointed out on Sky Racing seven of the first eight in the betting recently came up against each other in the Rosehill...
HERE THEY COME!The "champions" will emerge after this weekend. One or two per week for the next five or six weeks.Several will never amount to much.Maybe, just maybe, one will actually be a champio...
Trainer Brian Mayfield-Smith is content for Maybe Better to miss the Caulfield Cup and put all his energy into running in his second Melbourne Cup next month.Maybe Better, along with last Saturday'...
Latest news is that Grp 1 star All Too Hard will run in Sat's Futurity Stakes at Caulfield, but co-trainer John Hawkes hasn't ruled out running the colt the following week in the Australian Guinea...
A SMALL THING BUT THEN AGAIN...It was THAT track.It just wasn't THAT distance.And yet it was for others...The track was FLEMINGTON.Two significant runners were two immigrants from a powerful Cups F...
UK trainer Ed Dunlop has not ruled out Red Cadeaux from having a crack at the Melbourne Cup. He says: 'He ran a very good race on unsuitable ground at Deauville and his next race will be the Irish ...
Good ride, maybe...Glen Boss will ride Intencion if the Tony Vasil-trained colt secures a start in Sat's Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast. Intencion failed to gain a spot in the...
Sidestep appears to have drawn a perfect gate in Saturday’s Group 1 $750,000 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in Perth. The Godolphin-owned and John O’Shea-trained sprinter will start from barrier two...
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