Menu
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 at 03:07PM by AAP
Cross Counter is first past the post in the 2018 Melbourne Cup at Flemington.
First past the post in the Melbourne Cup:
1. Cross Counter
2. Marmelo
3. A Prince Of Arran
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...
Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing"...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back....
Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Wri...
Before you rate a single horse, Australian horse racing form study starts with a question about the race itself: is it even worth analysing? Writin...
Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could ...
The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finishe...
In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don S...
The key to winning the Melbourne Cup is relaxation - for both horse and jockey.That's what Chris Munce did in 1998 when he steered Cup favourite Je...
In my previous few columns I've been explaining the quick, timesaving method I use to simplify doing the form for a meeting. My main initial aim i...
A bigger and stronger More Joyous stepped out between races at Rosehill on Saturday as she and her rider Nash Rawiller stepped up preparations for ...
Black Caviar's presence in the BTC Cup saw her start very short on the NSW and Victorian TAB but that didn't stop punters from investing some $820,...
Green Manner has yet to cross the line first in a race in Hong Kong but a kinder barrier draw for the Pearce Memorial Challenge Cup (1,600m) co...
Slow and heavy tracks are s proven great levellers in racing. A million-dollar son of Danehill can be languishing back near last while the horse b...
Tony Cruz has had most of his runners ready to fire early this season and Mega Champion looks placed to carry on his good start in the Hong ...
Her racing silks were different but it was an all too familiar result as More Joyous started her Doncaster Mile campaign on a winning note at Randw...
The Ethiopia 'will he, won't he' saga rolls on...The latest instalment is that he has been entered for the Melbourne Cup - but, wait for it, he won...
Receive latest horse racing news, race previews and our hand picked selections.
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...
Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing", as Richard Hartley Jnr put it in Practical Punti...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back. Writing in Practical Punting Magazine, Richard Ha...
Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Writing in Practical Punting in June 2000, Richard Ha...
Before you rate a single horse, Australian horse racing form study starts with a question about the race itself: is it even worth analysing? Writing in Practical Punting in May 2000, Richard Hartle...
Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could put a figure on the race, then a figure on every r...
The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...
In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...
The key to winning the Melbourne Cup is relaxation - for both horse and jockey.That's what Chris Munce did in 1998 when he steered Cup favourite Jezabeel to a thrilling victory in the gruelling 320...
In my previous few columns I've been explaining the quick, timesaving method I use to simplify doing the form for a meeting. My main initial aim is to look for losers.
A bigger and stronger More Joyous stepped out between races at Rosehill on Saturday as she and her rider Nash Rawiller stepped up preparations for their returns.Rawiller has been sidelined for the ...
Black Caviar's presence in the BTC Cup saw her start very short on the NSW and Victorian TAB but that didn't stop punters from investing some $820,000 on the Win totes combined. The BTC Cup was als...
Green Manner has yet to cross the line first in a race in Hong Kong but a kinder barrier draw for the Pearce Memorial Challenge Cup (1,600m) could see him turn things around at Sha Tin today.
Slow and heavy tracks are s proven great levellers in racing. A million-dollar son of Danehill can be languishing back near last while the horse by the $1500 sire (who cost $3000 at the yearling s...
Tony Cruz has had most of his runners ready to fire early this season and Mega Champion looks placed to carry on his good start in the Hong Kong Country Club Challenge Cup (1,650m) tonight a...
Her racing silks were different but it was an all too familiar result as More Joyous started her Doncaster Mile campaign on a winning note at Randwick on Saturday.Sporting a dark blue livery emblaz...
The Ethiopia 'will he, won't he' saga rolls on...The latest instalment is that he has been entered for the Melbourne Cup - but, wait for it, he won't run. That's according to trainer Pat Carey. He ...