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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 ...
He's back (almost)...Former bookmaker Neville Clements has won his appeal against his warning-off from all Victorian racecourses, but he must wait for a further appeal against a similar ruling by Q...
Gai Waterhouse is making pertinent comments about the state of on-course racing. In her website blog (www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au), the #1 Lady of Racing says: 'I was talking to a good friend of mine ...
From NEIL FRANKLYNEXTRA EXPLOSIVE3f : A Scott : Matamata4 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Dead : HeavyThis filly impressed me immensely during her fresh...
From NEIL FRANKLYNREDESSI4g : C & R Otto : Te Awamutu6 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : HeavyRedoute's Choice gelding with the ability to han...
Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my opi...
Hayden Haitana, the trainer at the centre of the infamous Fine Cotton ring-in, may soon be allowed back on a racecourse. The Queensland Sunday Mail exclusively reported today that the Queensland ...
News Ltd continues its pursuit of allegedly illegal bettors in the jockey ranks...Latest yarn claims as many as 10 jockeys face sanctions over their bets through third parties - apparently various ...
Is the day coming when many country racetracks will be scrapped and most midweek racing held at Geelong on the synthetic surface? Don't laugh. I've heard it is being seriously suggested. Latest new...
Let's go plastic...The Victorian Government will install plastic running rails at 25 of the state's country racetracks. Racing Minister Rob Hulls says the rails will be installed at the tracks over...
JOCKEY Daniel Stackhouse enhanced his reputation at Moonee Valley yesterday - perhaps enough to become recognisable on Victorian racetracks, reports the Melbourne Herald-Sun.It says: But at Echuca...