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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...

Showcause is far from the classiest horse Frank Ritchie has trained but he has other attributes that can make him a force if he gets a Melbourne Cup start.The six-year-old New Zealander runs in Wed...

So You Think's Cox Plate triumph has propelled him to outright favouritism to give trainer Bart Cummings his 13th win in the Melbourne Cup.The dominance of his second Cox Plate win on Saturday prom...

Tim Martin is anxiously awaiting Wednesday's barrier draw for the Group One Randwick Guineas, believing in-form Monton's chances hinge on a decent gate.Monton caused an upset in the Group Two Hobar...

Tim Martin is anxiously awaiting Wednesday's barrier draw for the Group One Randwick Guineas, believing in-form Monton's chances hinge on a decent gate.Monton caused an upset in the Group Two Hobar...

I was shocked when I learned that Statsman, our systems guru for the last 20 years, has decided to retire. It's a decision he's been thinking of making for some time, especially since he complete...

I was shocked when I learned that Statsman, our systems guru for the last 20 years, has decided to retire. It's a decision he's been thinking of making for some time, especially since he complete...