Another Craftsman Horse

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...

French stayer Dunaden has emphasised the dominance of international raiders in the Geelong Cup with a decisive win which has him pressing for Melbourne Cup favouritism.Dunaden is the fourth oversea...

French-trained stayer Americain became one the great Geelong Cup winners and a leading Melbourne Cup contender when he shouldered the highest weight to victory in 44 years.Ridden by champion French...

George ‘Barker’ Bellfield reviews Bill McBride’s new book For some time now, America's No 1 greyhound racing-handicapping authority, Bill McBride, has been writing the occasional feature articl...

George ‘Barker’ Bellfield reviews Bill McBride’s new book. For some time now, America's No 1 greyhound racing-handicapping authority, Bill McBride, has been writing the occasional feature artic...

You are probably aware that I’ve consistently advocated having AT LEAST 60 per cent of one’s investment in the straight pools. Exactas, trifectas and other exotics have a way of punishing good han...

Beating the races is entirely a question of HOW and WILL. You need to know how to beat them, and then possess the will to carry through with your resolve. Some punters alas, the majority have not...