Boomerconi Horse

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...

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...

A decision by trainer Graeme Rogerson to take his apprentice Peter Wells to Melbourne last year to ride work during the spring carnival could prove to be a masterstroke.Wells booted home his first ...

The Wagga Cup carnival has been a happy hunting ground for trainer Graeme Rogerson who will again target the two-day festival this year.Barlagarney will spearhead Rogerson's four-strong team when h...

The Wagga Cup carnival has been a happy hunting ground for trainer Graeme Rogerson who will again target the two-day festival this year.Barlagarney will spearhead Rogerson's four-strong team when h...

Peter Wells was lost for words on Christmas Day after learning his good friend and fellow jockey Lachlan Fyfe had awoken from a coma.Upon hearing the news, Wells and his family cut short their Chri...

He's back (well, almost)...Lee Freedman is reported to be ready for a comeback to training only 6 months after quitting the game. But he won't be in partnership with any member of his family. Appar...

Winning the Sydney apprentices' title has opened doors for Peter Wells who now finds himself riding at Group One level for the first time at Randwick's "Super Saturday" meeting.Wells will be aboard...