Watch Your Man 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...

I’ve long held to the belief that you can learn something from everyone, no matter his or her station in life, or geographic location. The thinking really applies to horseracing betting. I’ve sea...

The OmenMy wife has little interest in racing. But every once in a blue moon she will say "See if there's a horse with that name", or I will mention a strange coincidence in a horse's name and she'...

More than 10 years ago I wrote an article in PPM called The Profit Wall. It was all about how much a strike rate you need with your selections and at what prices to emerge with a decent profit. T...

A Few months ago a professional punter friend invited me to his home to watch him at work on his form study. I was keen as this man has a fully computerised set-up, and downloads fields and rating...

Over three years ago, John May, a man described as one of the most fearless gamblers in the world, and an author of books on gambling, made the bold prediction that “Within five years the sports b...

Over three years ago, John May, a man described as one of the most fearless gamblers in the world, and an author of books on gambling, made the bold prediction that “Within five years the sports b...