Externus 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...

Can she live up to expectations? Well, we will soon know if the hype is right for unbeaten Black Caviar. If she wins at Flemington today (Saturday) it will mean that only three months after So You...

The race to secure a start in the Melbourne Cup remains the toughest in years with only three of the top 38 ranked horses withdrawn by today's 10am second acceptance deadline. Peter Moody's injured...

A decision not to roll the dice during the Brisbane winter carnival could pay off in the spring for connections of Rothera who makes his comeback at Doomben on Saturday.Trainer Ben Currie has penci...

In recent issues of this magazine I've been discussing the major steps I take to come up with a set of selections that make me a consistent winner and a very happy chappie over a punting year. My...

Connections of top sprinting three-year-old Zoustar are hoping for a flight to England next Sunday as the countdown to Royal Ascot intensifies. The Chris Waller trained colt is likely to be the so...

Merit in the performance will outweigh the numerical result for trainer John O'Shea's two Skyline Stakes entries at Randwick on Saturday.O'Shea will start Ashokan and Shelford in the Golden Slipper...