The Bantam 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...

Robert Smerdon’s unbeaten filly  Fontiton  stayed at the top of Blue Diamond betting after drawing barrier one at today’s special function. The Group 1 $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) will...

The Robert Smerdon trained filly – Fontiton has drawn barrier 1 and remains the $2.50 favourite for Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes.    

Trainer Tracy Green is hoping The Sixties can confirm he has overcome his confidence problems by landing his second successive win at Doomben on Saturday.The Sixties, who lines up on a heavy track ...