Big Talk Horse

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...

Michael Rodd is talking the talk about his Melbourne Cup mount Red Cadeaux. He reckons 'Red' ticks plenty of boxes in any form appraisal and considers him a 'strong chance' in the big race. He says...

Race-hardened Secrets Untold took the honours with his third straight win but it was the performances of the beaten brigade which was the talk of the track at Eagle Farm.Secrets Untold sat in the b...

Race-hardened Secrets Untold took the honours with his third straight win but it was the performances of the beaten brigade which was the talk of the track at Eagle Farm.Secrets Untold sat in the b...

Blake Spriggs was the talk of Sydney racing after a five-win haul at Rosehill which had his boss Gai Waterhouse labelling him the most exciting apprentice since Shane Dye.Most of the attention in r...

Blake Spriggs was the talk of Sydney racing after a five-win haul at Rosehill which had his boss Gai Waterhouse labelling him the most exciting apprentice since Shane Dye.Most of the attention in r...

Blake Spriggs was the talk of Sydney racing after a five-win haul at Rosehill which had his boss Gai Waterhouse labelling him the most exciting apprentice since Shane Dye.Most of the attention in r...