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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...

Veterinary checks on Monday will determine the racing future of Puissance de Lune. Owner Gerry Ryan has ruled Puissance de Lune out of the rest of the spring after speaking on Sunday with trainer...

 Bad news for the Melbourne Cup long-range favorite...Stewards report: Trainer Darren Weir has informed stewards that Puissance De Lune has undergone surgery today remove bone chips from front fet...

Lightly raced import Puissance De Lune, unbeaten in two starts in Australia, will be aimed at the Bendigo Cup in the spring following his impressive win at Sandown.Prepared by Darren Weir, Puissanc...

PUISSANCE De Lune  will take another step on his comeback trail this weekend when he has his first gallop, reports Racing Network. Darren Weir said he will see what tracks are available, but ...

MELBOURNE Cup favourite Puissance de Lune will kick start his spring campaign in the Peter Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield on August 17.  Trainer Darren Weir said Puissance De Lune, winner of the Be...

Darren Weir says his Melbourne Cup prospect Puissance de Lune is coming along well. He says: "It is exciting...I rode him up the dunes this week and he's great...just doing a lot at the beach and k...