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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...

Canterbury will need to be at the peak of its unrivalled recuperative powers on Wednesday for promising galloper Ready Steady Vetti to confirm a strong off-season three-year-old formline.The smalle...

There are few similarities between Predatory Pricer and his half brother Takeover Target except, hopefully, ability.Trainer Paul Murray has Predatory Pricer in his care and believes he has the maki...

Omen bet of the day Big Noise has given trainer Mathew Leek his biggest win and Jason Evans his first feature success since an horrific fall two years ago which almost cost the jockey his life.Whil...

Exciting two-year-old Starspangledbanner has raised the expectations of jockey Vlad Duric only two weeks out from the Blue Diamond Stakes.Duric was gobsmacked when he partnered the Choisir colt to ...

Exciting two-year-old Starspangledbanner has raised the expectations of jockey Vlad Duric only two weeks out from the Blue Diamond Stakes.Duric was gobsmacked when he partnered the Choisir colt to ...

It staggers me to note it was nine years ago when I wrote my first article for Practical Punting Monthly and I must admit to having enjoyed the experience immensely. I have four children: Jenny,...