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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...

This week Warwick Farm hosts two races for 3yo's where it is absolutely vital the punter really, really and I will say it again, really keeps their hands in their pocket unless they can find a chan...

Would you follow the lead if you saw an owner have a very large bet on one of his horses? I am of the belief that most punters would consider this a tip of the highest order and would reach into th...

Over the years I've met a lot of great characters on racetracks. Not so many in recent years, though. Much of the colour seems to have drained from racing in that respect. But go back 10, 15, 20 y...

Successful professional punters invest in racing with the sole purpose of making a reasonable profit. These smart investors know very well what they are doing. They know when to place their bets ...

Okay gang, it’s quiz time again. All I want you to do is to read the question . . . Do not let your eyes go forward to the next paragraph and think about the answer to today’s quiz question before...

Had a break recently? Great. Hope you enjoyed it. Did you still do the form, have some bets, and so on? What’s that you said? “Is the Pope a Catholic?” Well, think about this for a moment. Why do...