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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...

AWESOME is how Nikki Burke described the trial today of  Unpretentious , which heads to Saturday week’s Goodwood at Morphettville.  Burke didn’t hide her delight after  Unpretentious , ridden...

Peter Snowden knew Anise was showing the potential to be a top-class juvenile and after watching her race to a debut win he's now even more convinced.The well-bred filly gave away race experience t...

Trainer Jim Marconi thinks Raffaello will run well under the conditions of Saturday's Eagle Farm Cup, but believes the in-form stayer will be even better placed in Saturday week's Brisbane Cup.The ...

Hobart's Hard to BeatI'm in Hobart for the running of the big race at Elwick. Surely one of the world's prettiest sites, with the hills and the Derwent just beyond the back straight, this is a raci...

Australian raider Scenic Blast has drawn the slow side of Royal Ascot's sprint track for his British debut, locals suggest.The West Australian drew the widest alley, gate 15, for the 1000m Group On...

Australian raider Scenic Blast has drawn the slow side of Royal Ascot's sprint track for his British debut, locals suggest.The West Australian drew the widest alley, gate 15, for the 1000m Group On...