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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...

How much of a role does intuition play in being a winner at the races? How far can we go in relying on hunches and guesswork? These are questions often asked when racing is discussed. I am a fir...

In just about every sport we can name, the word "inspiration" is mentioned time after time. Just check any newspaper's sports coverage and you're likely to find some comments about players being i...

Professionals call it the 'final risk' in betting. It's that thing called the human factor. It can make or break you as a punter. Make no mistake, when it comes to succeeding in the world of bett...

There’s a time to play and a time to take a break. This is the advice I was given a long time ago in regards to punting. The man who passed on the words of wisdom knew what he was talking about. ...

Any winner is a good winner? Many would suggest that the question mark is not necessary, that the answer is an obvious and emphatic NO. They would say that to be prepared to take just any odds is ...

I guess there’s no better time than the beginning of a new year to start thinking about one’s approach to betting and to consider ways of improving strike rate and returns. I’ve taken time out re...