The Ultimate Star 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...

Owner Andy Stewart has hit back at criticism of Saturday's Grand National at Aintree following the death of two horses in the race.The Stewart-owned Ornais suffered a fatal injury when he fell at t...

Life at Ciaron Maher’s stable appears to agree with former Macedon Lodge import Marksmanship, reports Racing Victoria. At his first start since being purchased by Maher for $120,000 at last mo...

Another carnival is on the way: this time the Queensland carnival is really bristling it's teeth with the Group 2 Wfa Hollindale Stakes leading the charge at yesterdays Gold Coast meeting although ...

Jockey Greg Childs has paid tribute to champion mare Sunline who has been put down after losing her long battle with laminitis, a disease affecting the hooves.Childs said it was a sad day for racin...

Is life becoming easier for the punter who likes the classy odds on favourites? So far this autumn it seems like it is as the top notch horses like Black Caviar, Denman and now Typhoon Tracy have r...

Are you a sensation-seeker as a bettor? Are you someone who secretly hates himself and uses betting as a form of punishment? Do you bet because there's not much else in life that interests you? I...