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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...
Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could put a figure on the race, then a figure on every r...
The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...
In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...
DAMIEN Oliver chases a second Perth on rejuvenated veteran Black Tycoon in Wednesday’s Perth Cup, reports Racing Network. Former leading harness trainer-driver Justin Warwick booked Oliver to rid...
Ipswich Cup winner Gold In Dubai's bold 2nd in the Grafton Cup could see him trekking to WA for a crack at the 2400m Perth Cup at Ascot. Trainer Mark Riley says: 'He's gone fantastic again...We've ...
Another star or another also-ran? Perth apprentice Damian Lane (17) is kicking-off a three-month stint in Meolbourne. He'll be riding for the Matt Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable. In WA, Lane has d...
Lords Ransom is a big mover in Perth Cup betting. He firmed from $7 to $4 after winning on Saturday and when Scenic Shot came out of the race he firmed again to $3.80 clear favoritism. Scenic Shot...
A shock defeat hasn't dampened the Danny O'Brien stable's enthusiasm for taking Ballack to Western Australia for the Perth Cup on New Year's Day.Ballack started odds-on in Saturday's Leighton Contr...
New Year's Day's big race, the Perth Cup (Grp 2, 2400m) at Ascot WA looks like being a battle royal. Several fancied runners drew poor barriers. Local hope Mr Moet will go from barrier #10 as he bi...
Kiwi galloper He's Remarkable will go to Perth on Tuesday night to tackle the $1 million Grp 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday week. Trainer Roger James says: 'He trotted up freely and ...
Last start Ascot winner Ranger is the early fav for the Perth Cup at Ascot WA, according to the latest market from TAB Sportsbet. The Grant Williams trained Testa Rossa 4YO scored by almost a lengt...
Family tragedy...Damien Oliver will miss Sat's Flemington meeting. He's to remain in Perth with his mother who was seriously injured in a car accident earlier this week. She sustained multiple frac...
No surprise...Topweight Scenic Shot is OUT of the Perth Cup and will be spelled and then prepared for another Queensland campaign. Trainer Dan Morton withdrew SS from the feature on Monday. He rec...