Fussy As 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...

Any punter wishing to bring a sense of regulation to his selection activities could do worse than draw up a simple points-rating plan. Yes, that's what I said – a simple points-rating plan. Nothin...

Sticking With The Worst?Last week I indicated that I'd turn my thinking around, and consider the possibilities of seeking out the best horse in the worst race.If only it were that simple! But if yo...

With the New Year coming up fast, we need to take stock of things and look at the obvious. I think one of the most obvious aspects of our racing game is the place all-up bet. It must be the great...

With the New Year coming up fast, we need to take stock of things and look at the obvious. I think one of the most obvious aspects of our racing game is the place all-up bet. It must be the great...

With the New Year coming up fast, we need to take stock of things and look at the obvious. I think one of the most obvious aspects of our racing game is the place all-up bet. It must be the great...