Gargantuan 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 the racing game, it is virtually accepted as fact that jockeys are the worst judges. I did find the comments of Glen Boss in the aftermath of Smart Missile's impressive Run to the Rose win, howe...

áAussie Rules is renowned as a game traditionally played by all types, whether they be tall or short, strong or slight, fast or slow (to a point!). So to celebrate Round 1 of the AFL season, I have...

The idea of deriving your income solely from wagering on horses has been predominantly viewed by society as an ethically objectionable career choice. The inexorable link between racing and gambl...

The idea of deriving your income solely from wagering on horses has been predominantly viewed by society as an ethically objectionable career choice. The inexorable link between racing and gambl...