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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...

SOMETHING TO WATCH (AND PERHAPS PROFIT FROM)This is a short blog, because I want to make the point and leave you to ponder it tomorrow afternoon.Caulfield is notorious for having differing "running...

Gary Portelli is keeping his options open with Group One winner Gold Trail who could compete in either Queensland or Sydney later this week.The $200,000 Magic Millions Sprint (1000m) on Saturday ha...

M anaging part owner Neil Werrett has revealed  that champion mare Black Caviar has taken to pregnancy the same way she took to her racing career, reports Racing Victora.

Spring Carnival contender Sincero is set to trial at Rosehill Gardens on Monday, August 5. It will be his first public appearance since running ninth behind Ocean Park in last year’s Cox Plate.

Premier Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse says Royal Discretion is going as well as any horse in her stable and is destined for Group One glory this spring.The four-year-old will run first-up in the Gr...

Kerrin McEvoy makes his return from injury in Sydney on Saturday but will also be keeping a close eye on what's happening in the feature races in Brisbane.McEvoy has five rides at the Randwick meet...