Smart Ain't He 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...

The faith once shown by trainer Barbara Joseph in an inexperienced Melbourne apprentice can be repaid four years later at Warwick Farm.Joseph was one of the first trainers to spot the talents of th...

An emotional Gold Coast jockey Laura Cheshire made the most of a rare city opportunity after breaking her neck in a race fall a year ago to win the Skyracing.TV Handicap on Toowoomba filly Ain't Sh...

A Golden Rose field already short on numbers could be further depleted at acceptance time if two outsiders fail to measure up during trackwork on Tuesday morning.The Australian Turf Club could only...

It ain't over til the Sth Aussie lady sings...Last year's Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed will be there to defend her title in this year's race despite finishing an ordinary 15th of 16 in Sat's...

IT AIN'T ALL THAT EASY, BROTHER!I spent several hours on the form analysing that one factor we spoke about late last week. How long do you spend altogether?Anyway, I finally eliminated Eagle Farm c...

Talented filly Ever The Same overcome some anxious moments in the straight to dive through for a thrilling win in Friday's Listed PJ Bell Stakes at Canterbury.The three-year-old filly formed part o...