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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...

The most important factor in the average horse race is not Speed, pace, trainers, breeding, or jockeys. It is chance. This opinion seems to be a little controversial out there in the handicapping...

Why does everything seem to go wrong when you back a home you think has a race shot to bits? Why do all your well-thought-out plans go bust? In this article, Statsman explains The Chaos Factor. T...

In an article in the April issue of PPM I stressed that SPEED RATINGS are the single most important factor in greyhound handicapping. I realise, however, that the racing forms used in your countr...

Another great greyhound article In an article in the April issue of PPM, I stressed that SPEED RATINGS are the single most important factor in greyhound handicapping.  I realise, however, tha...

Professionals call it the 'final risk' in betting. It's that thing called the human factor. It can make or break you as a punter. Make no mistake, when it comes to succeeding in the world of bett...

What's the most important factor in horse racing? Is it speed or pace, pedigree or trainer, the jockey? Nope. The most important factor is luck. Luck is defined as "good or bad fortune acquired u...