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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...

Queensland stewards have laid a charge against of Australia's best-known punters during an inquiry which has already led to a leading jockey's disqualification.Stephen Fletcher, described by stewar...

A Queensland jockey must undergo counselling for a gambling problem after he was suspended for betting on thoroughbred races.Lyle Finlay was given a three-month suspension and fined $1000 during an...

The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board will hear the charge laid by Racing Victoria stewards against licensed trainer Robert Smerdon at 10.30am on Thursday, 7 February 2013, says Racing Victoria...

Victorian Jockeys Association chief Des O'Keeffe has described a six-week suspension for apprentice Talia Rodder on a running and handling charge as tantamount to "killing Bambi".Stewards charged R...

The official findings into the race fall that left jockey Danny Brereton with spinal injuries concluded yesterday when Mark Zahra was found guilty of careless riding and suspended until January 1, ...

Jockey Danny Nikolic has pleaded not guilty to charges of improper practice and conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing at an inquiry in Melbourne.Last month, Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) s...