If You Don't Mind 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...

WANT A HAPPY NEW YEAR? - THEN MAKE UP YOUR MIND!May I wish you a Happy New Year? Then consider it done. But really, so far as your punting is concerned, it's up to you.Sure, like me you'll have sit...

Anyone who has experienced the frustration of a losing streak at the races will know how difficult it is to break back into the payout queue. I've been musing myself in recent times on bad luck an...

Last issue we began a series titled 20 Pitfalls To Avoid. Four were listed in that article, and now we bring you the other 16. Pitfalls ... Even the word has an ominous ring! You can call them wh...

YOU GOTTA LARF!Well, you do. The latest scare on the radio is from (you guessed it) the TAB, frightening you that if you bet with a corporate bookmaker you may not receive the full dividend.Yes, it...

If you want to secure 'value' with your betting, how can  you do it if you don't have a guideline price about a selection? This is a question few punters want to confront. I think they should c...

Professionals brand them the 'stingers'. It's their way of describing the often devastating effect of long losing runs. And, yes, professionals, no matter how good they are, suffer from them more ...