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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 boar...
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 Practi...
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"...
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....
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. Wri...
Before you rate a single horse, Australian horse racing form study starts with a question about the race itself: is it even worth analysing? Writin...
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 ...
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...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finishe...
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 S...
MOONEE VALLEY 22/02 Friday night1 Compass $3.50 - $3.60 - $3.50, History No Hurdle $26 - $31 - $26, Secret Stealth $10 - $8.50 ($700 @ $10), Murdoc...
Simenon booked his ticket to the 2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup with a gutsy effort be...
Last month I ran out of space and I still had one “basic betting rule” to cover. This was my liking for Group races and especially for Group 1 rac...
The Hawkes team rolled out some of its autumn carnival big guns at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday, a day before Derby hopeful Shadowofexcellence ma...
A little more than 24 hours after the passing of Vo Rogue, Australian racing has lost another of its great on-pacers following this morning's sudde...
Glen Boss will make his first appearance at this year's Brisbane winter carnival and will shout fellow jockey Larry Cassidy a beer if Sydney filly ...
Sticking With The Worst?Last week I indicated that I'd turn my thinking around, and consider the possibilities of seeking out the best horse in the...
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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 ...
MOONEE VALLEY 22/02 Friday night1 Compass $3.50 - $3.60 - $3.50, History No Hurdle $26 - $31 - $26, Secret Stealth $10 - $8.50 ($700 @ $10), Murdoch's Joy $10 - $8 ($800 @ $10)2 Unchain My Heart $1...
Simenon booked his ticket to the 2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup with a gutsy effort behind The Queen’s Estimate in the Gold Cup at Royal...
Last month I ran out of space and I still had one “basic betting rule” to cover. This was my liking for Group races and especially for Group 1 races. It stands to reason that anybody who is seriou...
The Hawkes team rolled out some of its autumn carnival big guns at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday, a day before Derby hopeful Shadowofexcellence makes his return at Randwick.Co-trainer Michael Hawk...
A little more than 24 hours after the passing of Vo Rogue, Australian racing has lost another of its great on-pacers following this morning's sudden death of Northerly.The Western Australian champi...
Glen Boss will make his first appearance at this year's Brisbane winter carnival and will shout fellow jockey Larry Cassidy a beer if Sydney filly Graceful Anna wins the Group One Stradbroke Handic...
Sticking With The Worst?Last week I indicated that I'd turn my thinking around, and consider the possibilities of seeking out the best horse in the worst race.If only it were that simple! But if yo...