The Auspicious 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...

Brett Cavanough says he is happy to be taking on unbeaten Golden Archer with Bossdon City in Wednesday's Blue Diamond Preview at Caulfield.The Beautiful Crown gelding, a $50,000 purchase at last ye...

One punter has ignored barrier statistics on the Blue Diamond Stakes and backed the Tony Vasil-trained filly Psychologist to win $140,000 in Saturday's $1 million Group One feature at Caulfield.Des...

A photo-finish that had punters confused at Randwick on Wednesday was an even bigger headache for stewards who were forced to declare a dead-heat because of the quality of the picture.Racing NSW ch...

Rejuvenated galloper Smokin' Joey will be out for a career best win when he tries to complete a hat-trick in Saturday's Group Three Victoria Handicap at Caulfield.The Encosta de Lago four-year-old ...