Mystery Miss 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...

As far back as I can remember, people have been telling me that much of the mystery of racing can be solved by reading the reports issued by the stewards. One pro punter I know refers to them as "...

CAULFIELD Acceptances on Wednesday 13th October, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: True Position Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.35 PURA LIGH...

BALLARAT Acceptances on Wednesday 6th October, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: True Position Entire Circuit (Outside Track)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-0...

MOONEE VALLEY Acceptances on Friday 11th December, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: + 3m Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-06.45 VALLEY EVENTS HA...

So you study the form, listen to the radio and watch the money on the tote. Have you ever studied a horse in the mounting yard and known what to look for? The "House Full" sign would be hung at ...

In the second article in this series, PPM editor Brian Blackwell continues his analysis of recent results, and this month looks at a couple of big-race winners. Taking a ‘leap of faith’ is often ...