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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 A THOUGHTWhat I know, what you know, and what they know.So say there's a market up.Your strong fancy is Number One.It's mine too.We've both done the form.The prepost newspaper market offers ti...

Another Thought of the DayI don't know about you, but I'm a bit prone to waking up during the night and thinking about some assault or other that I'm planning on the enemy.Last night, I wondered ab...

More Joyous stole the limelight from Melito the last time they went to Rosehill for all the wrong reasons.The Golden Slipper favourite put on a rodeo exhibition at the start of the race and while a...

IT AIN'T ALL THAT EASY, BROTHER!I spent several hours on the form analysing that one factor we spoke about late last week. How long do you spend altogether?Anyway, I finally eliminated Eagle Farm c...

JUST the thought of racing's latest heroine More Joyous taking on the game's newest super horse in So You Think is enough to excite, reports Craig Young in the Sunday Age.His report adds: The fact ...

I'll stay in NZ, thanks...Looks like star Kiwi apprentice Craig Grylls is no longer going to ride in Melbourne. He's decided to remain in New Zealand despite being offeredthe position as No 2 stabl...