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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...

Just over a week to go...and Speed Gifted remains the dominant fav for the Grp 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) at Caulfield. Latest betting has the Lee Freedman trained import at $5.00 with Predatory Price...

Boom filly Chance Bye is the new fav for the Golden Slipper in the wake of her blistering all the way win over 1100m at Rosehill on Sat. TAB Sportsbet has her at $6.00 (5/1). She takes over favorit...

Bank Robber has taken over as fav for the Stradbroke at Eagle Farm next month. The latest TAB Sportsbet market has him at $7.00 (6/1). Doomben winner Ortensia is into $11.00 after her strong perfor...

Punters will find out if Ghisoni is the real deal this weekend as she tackles the Coolmore Classic as equal $4.60 favorite with TAB. With only three starts to her name, Ghisoni will go head to ...

Is Lloyd Williams on the brink of a string of massive successes with imported horses? There are signs that the mega-rich owner is about to strike a golden time. He's turning away from the Zabeels t...

It looks like the bookmakers are convinced Efficient will not run in the Melbourne Cup. Most are already adjusting markets to reflect his absence from the field. Sportingbet has eassed Efficient ou...