Travelling Light 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...

Bad news at Randwick...The track rating has been downgraded to a Heavy (9) after more heavy rain on Thursday night. Racecourse manager Dave Hodgson says 22mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours. 'It ...

 More than 70 mils of rain in the past 24 hours

Doomben 10,000 prospect Apache Cat may be helped by Brisbane's waterlogged week...With Doomben rated heavy and with constant rain continuing on Wednesday morning, form analysts are saying that Apac...

There is cautious optimism the renovated Eagle Farm track will handle its first test on Queensland Oaks Day on Saturday, in the face of a forecast of heavy rain. There is a 95 per cent chance of ...

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...

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...