The Stalagmite 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 Challenge Stakes proved just that for Rain Affair but the sprinter was up to the task as he fought off Satin Shoes and Neeson to win the Group Two race at Rosehill.Trainer Joe Pride was a relie...

Sydney's emerging sprint star Rain Affair will take centre stage on his home track when he tackles open company and 1200 metres for the first time on Saturday.Trainer Joe Pride says he "can't wait"...

Joe Pride has a simple explanation why stable star Rain Affair continues to win. He tries harder than any horse he's ever trained.Pride has worked with some good horses in his time but none that ri...

A Group One victory in the TJ Smith Stakes on Saturday would bring great satisfaction to top jockey Corey Brown.Brown has already won a TJ Smith on popular sprinter Apache Cat four years ago but sa...

Weather will be the key factor in where emerging sprint star Rain Affair runs on Saturday with trainer Joe Pride eyeing the Apollo Stakes in Sydney and the Futurity in Melbourne.While Rain Affair i...

Emerging sprinter Rain Affair will have a barrier trial on Tuesday week as he prepares for his resumption in the Carrington Stakes.The four-year-old underlined his promise in the winter with a hat-...