Dorado Horse

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...

Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...

The Spring Carnival might be winding down, but  Craig Williams  will not be putting his feet up, reports racing.com. The reigning Victorian Metropolitan Jockeys’ Premiership, who claimed rider of...

Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss played a starring role as Risky Business ended Better Than Ever's unbeaten run with an upset Singapore Gold Cup win.Saving as much Kranji turf as p...

There will be no gambling, no big-name jockeys, trainers or horses, but world racing's "El Dorado" has moved one step closer, with the Jockey Club to put its name on a race day in Chengdu und...

The Optimist talks candidly with two long-time PPM writers, Richard Hartley and Damien Whitchurch, and asks them to identify their vital long-term winning factors. The Optimist: You've both been ...