Fleeting Boom 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...

In last month’s PPM we examined the possibility of adopting a different approach to punting, with the view of racing providing a long term sustainable income. Punters were asked to entertain the...

In last month’s PPM we examined the possibility of adopting a different approach to punting, with the view of racing providing a long term sustainable income. Punters were asked to entertain the...

Readers of last month's article will recall our conclusion that last-start winners were good candidates for quinella betting. Such horses won 14.1% of all races and came second in 12.3% of all rac...

The decision by Patinack Farm to bypass the Golden Slipper with Onemorenomore paid dividends when the colt scored a strong win in the Listed TL Baillieu Handicap on a wet track at Randwick.Nathan T...

This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive interview with Australia's greatest professional punter, the late Don Scott, by PPM's Brian Blackwell. Scott discusses his lifestyle, his approach to punting...

A four-month plan to target the Group One Emirates Stakes at Flemington came to fruition for Randwick trainer Grahame Begg when All Silent powered away from his rivals for an easy win on Saturday.T...