Hurtle 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...

One trainer not so pleased to see the sun shining in Sydney this week is Matthew Smith.Smith will saddle up Hurtle Myrtle in the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday w...

Hurtle Myrtle has pleased Matthew Smith in the 48 hours since her Eagle Farm win but her recovery isn't enough to convince the trainer to stray from a two-start Brisbane program.On the back of a we...

Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith is excited about the autumn prospects for talented filly Hurtle Myrtle, the leading light of his stable.The Flight Stakes placegetter took another step towards he...

The Doncaster Mile changed complexion on Thursday with three early scratchings and ongoing uncertainty over whether More Joyous will run.Rekindled Interest, King's Rose and Single have all been wit...

Hurtle Myrtle recently showed leading jockey Blake Shinn she was above average, much to the delight of trainer Matthew Smith.The Warwick Farm horseman believed the filly was something special from ...

Hurtle Myrtle recently showed leading jockey Blake Shinn she was above average, much to the delight of trainer Matthew Smith.The Warwick Farm horseman believed the filly was something special from ...