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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...

Just what you don't need during a carnival! There's been a security scare at the stables of Brisbane trainer Barry Baldwin. As a result, the Brisbane Racing Club has tightened security around the E...

It has long been anticipated that Tommy Berry would be a star of the impending Spring Racing carnival, but Victorian racing fans might see more of the superstar Sydney hoop than first thought. ...

Kerrin McEvoy is keeping a lid on expectations for Peck despite the colt's promise making him a potential standout on stamina for Darley Australia.McEvoy will ride the Peter Snowden-trained Peck fo...

The Optimist (TO): Welcome to the interview chair Damien. Is this your first time being interviewed? Damien Whitchurch (DW): It is for PPM. I assume we’re here to talk horses? TO: Definitely! I ...