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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 AAMI Victoria Derby barrier draw did little the dent Robbie Laing’s confidence regarding Polanski’s chances in the $1.5 million event at Flemington this Saturday, reports Racing Victoria. The ...

For as long as Mark Shean can remember, he has been going to the races. His grandfather was the great jockey Fred Shean while Mark's father Jim also rode with success. As an eight-year-old, Mark ...

On April 25 I celebrated my 40th “official” year as a punter, which I calculate via the fact that the first formguide I kept for research purposes was from an Anzac Day meeting of 1967. Since the...

Target betting always has its critics, many of them vehement in their criticism. Yet I believe there is a great deal to be said in its favour. As long as you ensure the safety aspect of a 'brake...

Philip Roy uncovers new ways to bet for a place and keep on cashing winning tickets. Many years ago, when I was combining my banking career with the thrill of the punt, I made a serious study of ...

Target betting always has its critics, many of them vehement in their criticism. Yet I believe there is a great deal to be said in its favour. As long as you ensure the safety aspect of a 'brake...