Ancient Horse

Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...

You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...

Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...

A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...

Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...

Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...

Peter Moody is looking good for a clean sweep of Melbourne's feature autumn sprints with as many as five runners in the Oakleigh Plate.Still on a high after the astonishing victory of unbeaten mare...

Rio De La Plata rolled back the years as he claimed Group One success in the Premio Vittorio di Capua at San Siro and completed a memorable double for Godolphin.The five-year-old struck at the high...

Jumps racing is again under the microscope with the death of a horse at Moonee Valley, the first fatality since the sport resumed late last month.Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) suspended jumps racin...

Jumps racing is again under the microscope with the death of a horse at Moonee Valley, the first fatality since the sport resumed late last month.Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) suspended jumps racin...

Jumps racing is again under the microscope with the death of a horse at Moonee Valley, the first fatality since the sport resumed late last month.Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) suspended jumps racin...

Trainer Kris Lees is keeping a lid on his expectations for expensive filly Samantha's Charm ahead of her debut at Warwick Farm on Monday.A $1.8 million yearling, Samantha's Charm was the equal top ...