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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...

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...

Perfect Reflection and Mackintosh share the top line of betting with TAB for  Saturday’s  Railway Stakes at Ascot. The duo are at $5.50, ahead of Ragesse at $7.50 and Scales of Justice at $9.50...

Racing authorities will ask the NSW government to change the law after a court ruled that bookmakers Tom and Bill Waterhouse do not have to pay a 1.5 per cent fee on turnover.The Waterhouses succes...

Chris Munce has finished fifth in his first ride back since the completion of a jail term in a tips for bets scandal.Munce rode the Gai Waterhouse-trained Ambassador in the second race at Randwick ...

The headlines say Betfair 'lost' its court case against Racing NSW -- but the truth lies in the fine detail of the judge's summing-up. In it, he paves the way for Betfair to appeal his ruling. Reac...

When it comes to betting, each and every punter has his own way of doing things. Few, though, operate with what is known as "the divisor" method of money management. Not surprising, really. It ta...

When it comes to betting, each and every punter has his own way of doing things. Few, though, operate with what is known as "the divisor" method of money management. Not surprising, really. It ta...