My Intelligent Horse

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...

áWet and cold at the creek they call Stony,I scanned the yard in search of a pony,Of noble head and intelligent eye;A steed that could gallop, perhaps even fly?With strong short cannons and good de...

Glen Boss knew star Sydney filly Samantha Miss had the physical requirements to run a big race in the Cox Plate before he rode her for the first time at Moonee Valley.But after learning a bit more ...

Defying the herd? Going against the mainstream? Being a maverick? Dancing to the tune of a different drummer? In punting, few people dare to go against the mass opinion. In this article, Richard H...

We all know that betting on horseracing is all about decision-making. We make hundreds of decisions each time we look at a formguide. Just think of a 16 horse race. If you look at every horse and...

There are plenty of approaches to betting on horses. Most of them are well worn. But my basic idea will travel one that is not so worn. In fact, it begets entirely new methods. Some will say tha...

There are plenty of approaches to betting on horses. Most of them are well worn. But my basic idea will travel one that is not so worn. In fact, it begets entirely new methods. Some will say tha...