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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...

Epsom Handicap favourites Ashikaga and Bank Robber have been given 51 and 52 kilograms respectively for the Group One feature on October 4.The Gai Waterhouse trained stablemates are both at $5 for ...

Epsom Handicap favourites Ashikaga and Bank Robber have been given 51 and 52 kilograms respectively for the Group One feature on October 4.The Gai Waterhouse trained stablemates are both at $5 for ...

In last months issue of PPM,  Statsman and Brian Blackwell reported on some very strange statistics related to multiple betting races. Don Scott - one of the most highly respected names in racing...

In last months issue of PPM,  Statsman and Brian Blackwell reported on some very strange statistics related to multiple betting races. Don Scott - one of the most highly respected names in racing...

How smart is the betting public? There are conflicting views on this question. In recent years, the claim has been advanced that the 'crowd' is smart, that it gets it more right, or close to right...

One of the hardest things to master in our game is the “art” of keeping one’s balance at the racetrack whether ahead or behind. Granted, we most often lose this precious balance when behind for t...