Precursor 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...

We're all odds-plungers, aren't we? Each in our own way tries to turn the odds on a horse to our advantage, be the odds short or long. We know that 'price' is what the game is all about, but each ...

We're all odds-plungers, aren't we? Each in our own way tries to turn the odds on a horse to our advantage, be the odds short or long. We know that 'price' is what the game is all about, but each ...

We're all odds-plungers, aren't we? Each in our own way tries to turn the odds on a horse to our advantage, be the odds short or long. We know that 'price' is what the game is all about, but each ...

So, you have a list of horses to follow and you are racking your brains for a staking plan to apply. What do you do to inject your betting with an air of excitement and the chance to land some win...

Find a horse to run a place and go from that key point. Many is the punter who in rage and frustration has torn up a betting ticket on a trifecta. Know the feeling? You get 1st, 2nd and 4th, or 2...

Special how-to-bet feature I think it's time to talk seriously about money management - in all its forms. It's a subject that holds wide differences of opinion; just ask your mate at the TAB, o...