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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...

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It's a Pommy invasion...England's dominant syndicator Highclere Thoroughbred Racing will launch its own Melbourne Cup mission this year. It's sending its first runner to Gai Waterhouse for a crack ...

Jockey Chris Munce has been granted a licence to ride by Racing NSW despite facing serious charges issued by the Hong Kong Jockey Club over the tips for bets scandal.Munce was released from Sydney'...

Magic Millions Classic betting was thrown into disarray following the defeats of early fancies Sizzling and Snipzu at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Sizzling, the early $3 favourite for next month's $2 mil...

Racing officials have defended the decision to switch the last five races at Randwick to the Kensington track on Saturday, saying it was the only way to save the meeting.But Sydney's leading traine...

Racing officials have defended the decision to switch the last five races at Randwick to the Kensington track on Saturday, saying it was the only way to save the meeting.But Sydney's leading traine...