Tom Whitlock grew up in a family whose working lives centred on the bloodstock business, buying and selling horses. A longstanding freelance writer, he brings that background and a deep enthusiasm for horse racing and football to his BetOwl work.
Coverage and expertiseBloodstock, horse racing and football, informed by a family background in the buying and selling of horses and many years of freelance writing.
BetOwlA practical guide to sales-catalogue lot lines, family pages, black type and updates, plus the questions a pedigree page cannot answer.
BetOwlLearn how to read a horse-racing pedigree, from sire, dam and damsire to siblings, black type and inbreeding, without mistaking bloodlines for proof.
BetOwlBloodstock covers the Thoroughbred horses, people, records and sales behind racing. Follow the journey and learn which clues genuinely help punters.