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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...
A new found maturity has Belle Soleil on target for Magic Millions riches on the Gold Coast following a dominant victory in the Wyong leadup.With t...
At $3.60, the John O'Shea-trained Amber's Waltz is a firm early fav for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast next mo...
One punter wasted no time in backing Unencumbered to win the 2014 Golden Slipper when betting opened with tab.com.au this morning. The Magic...
Leading jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be thrust straight back into the feature race spotlight when he resumes from suspension.McEvoy's book for his ret...
Boom colt Capitalist ($3.50) has opened clear favourite to win the $2.5 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on January 9. “He couldn’t have bee...
AS THE sun finally emerged on the Gold Coast yesterday, Queanbeyan trainer Neville Layt had an extra reason to smile when his unbeaten filly Karuta...
Gold Coast Turf Club chairman Hoss Heinrich believes the $5 million Magic Millions race day in January would be doomed to failure if it was ever mo...
The signs are all positive for trainer Kelly Schweida who is confident Plain Magic can continue her winning streak in the Sun Ray Systems Quality a...
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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 ...
A new found maturity has Belle Soleil on target for Magic Millions riches on the Gold Coast following a dominant victory in the Wyong leadup.With trainer Gary Portelli on holiday in Queensland, blo...
At $3.60, the John O'Shea-trained Amber's Waltz is a firm early fav for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast next month. Betchoice.com.au and TAB Sportsbet both have ...
One punter wasted no time in backing Unencumbered to win the 2014 Golden Slipper when betting opened with tab.com.au this morning. The Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner opened $11, but caugh...
Leading jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be thrust straight back into the feature race spotlight when he resumes from suspension.McEvoy's book for his return at Wyong on Thursday has been boosted by the p...
Boom colt Capitalist ($3.50) has opened clear favourite to win the $2.5 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on January 9. “He couldn’t have been any more impressive when winning by 3 lengths on...
AS THE sun finally emerged on the Gold Coast yesterday, Queanbeyan trainer Neville Layt had an extra reason to smile when his unbeaten filly Karuta Queen drew barrier 10 for the $2 million Magic Mi...
Gold Coast Turf Club chairman Hoss Heinrich believes the $5 million Magic Millions race day in January would be doomed to failure if it was ever moved away from Queensland's tourist strip.Speculati...
The signs are all positive for trainer Kelly Schweida who is confident Plain Magic can continue her winning streak in the Sun Ray Systems Quality at Doomben.Plain Magic caused a minor upset when sh...
