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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...

Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could put a figure on the race, then a figure on every r...

The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...

Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...

A decision on whether Doncaster Mile winner Rangirangdoo backs up in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes will be left to the last minute.Trainer Chris Waller said he would monitor the gelding throughout the...

A decision on whether Doncaster Mile winner Rangirangdoo backs up in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes will be left to the last minute.Trainer Chris Waller said he would monitor the gelding throughout the...

Festival Stakes favourite Thankgodyou'rehere is still not a certain starter in the Listed event at Rosehill on Saturday.Pat Webster, who co-trains the exciting galloper in partnership with his son ...

A decision on a weekend stakes target for dual acceptor Torio's Quest will be left as late as possible.Torio's Quest, a sprinter on the move, has been entered for the South Pacific Classic at Randw...

Apprentice Tommy Berry could be forgiven for feeling some pressure ahead of his ride on Karuta Queen in the Magic Millions Classic.But the 19-year-old is keeping it simple."There's only one reason ...

Trainer Marc Conners will wait until the last possible minute before making a decision on whether Mr Clangtastic runs in the Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick.A late call to run the bold frontrunne...