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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...

My apologies but I forgot to add a Plan B selection in Rainbow Styling Eagle Farm Race 6 No. 6Forgive me: I have been ill this week with virus and head is still buzzing (some would say that's norma...

My apologies but I forgot to add a Plan B selection in Rainbow Styling Eagle Farm Race 6 No. 6Forgive me: I have been ill this week with virus and head is still buzzing (some would say that's norma...

Now Let the Fun Begin!The next four weeks are the biggest in Melbourne's racing year. Some would say the biggest in the land. For overseas readers, let me explain that we have the Caulfield Cup on ...

The one thing I dislike about systems is that they have rules that are seemingly inflexible. They worry me. When I look at system rules I often cannot accept the rigid formulas by which they ope...

Toowoomba trainer Norm Hilton is hoping he hasn't gone to the well once too often as he finetunes his quality galloper Carry Me Bluey for a shot at the Bernborough Handicap at Doomben on Saturday.C...

Hi all,Back and refreshed and lighter in the pocket from frolicking around Coolangatta and a dabble in the Stradbroke. Great to cheer home Black Piranha even though I lost on the race: I wondered p...