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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...

THE first attempts to reduce costs at Radio Sport National are likely to begin in the new year with racecallers at the struggling station set to merge with those at thoroughbred broadcaster TVN, re...

David Hayes is not wasting any time showcasing a filly he has Schweppes Thousand Guineas aspirations for in the new racing season. The Hall of Fame trainer will start Gregers in the $80,000 Aquan...

It's all about problems, puzzles and challenges as the Jockey Club sheds the annual burden of an US$8 billion tax guarantee to begin a bright new era next Sunday at Sha Tin, reports Alain Aitken in...

Many years ago, a respected racing man told me that about 90 per cent of races are won by one of the three best 'weight contenders' which also rate highly on other essential handicapping factors. ...

Anthony Cummings admits he won't know until race day whether an inside barrier is a blessing or a burden for Turffontein in his quest to claim a third Group One in the Newmarket Handicap at Fleming...

Talented apprentice Brenton Avdulla brought up a milestone at Randwick when he outrode his claim on Dances On Waves and made it a double celebration 40 minutes later with victory on Purrpurrlena.Th...