Dreams Don't Die Horse

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 one constant thing that makes racing continue is the hard, cold fact that most punters lose. They might not die broke, as the old saying suggests, but they don't die rich. I would proffer th...

The one constant thing that makes racing continue is the hard, cold fact that most punters lose. They might not die broke, as the old saying suggests, but they don't die rich. I would proffer th...

The one constant thing that makes racing continue is the hard, cold fact that most punters lose. They might not die broke, as the old saying suggests, but they don't die rich. I would proffer th...

The one constant thing that makes racing continue is the hard, cold fact that most punters lose. They might not die broke, as the old saying suggests, but they don't die rich. I would proffer th...

John Mack examines the pro betting issue. Last month, I discussed how 'new' punters get into the racing game, and how they might find their way around. Firstly, they take everyone else opinion,...

Take the following bets: Bet A you are offered odds of 3/1 on a legitimate 2/1 shot. Bet B you are offered 3200/1 on a legitimate 2000/1 shot. Even though B offers a slightly better advantage tha...