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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...

Con Karakatsanis is prepared to gamble that My Destiny's ballot fortunes will take a turn for better as he plans a two-start Queensland campaign for the emerging sprinter.The young trainer remains ...

One of the hardest things to master in our game is the “art” of keeping one’s balance at the racetrack whether ahead or behind. Granted, we most often lose this precious balance when behind for t...

One of the hardest things to master in our game is the “art” of keeping one’s balance at the racetrack whether ahead or behind. Granted, we most often lose this precious balance when behind for t...

Let's start with what they call the "disclaimer". Most of my plunges have failed. If you're still reading, it means you are either an understanding type, or that you really do understand. I've g...

AFTER THE BALLWell we've had it. Been and gone. And nobody could begrudge the winner his prize, could they? Did it the hard way.I thought there could be a happy ending for me at the 250 as my earli...

This is a WARNING. You are about to read an article that is not for the faint-hearted. In fact, its brutality is comparable to that depicted in Braveheart! Read on at your own peril. Over the ye...