Another Code Horse

In Australian horse racing the four Melbourne racecourses stand out for their complete difference to each other — and the barrier draw is worth something different at every one. Statsman takes thre...

Australian horse racing runs on so many racetracks, all of varying sizes and designs, that the track itself carries a form guide of its own. Statsman spent five years on winning patterns at Randwic...

Professional gamblers call it 'deep state' handicapping: the horse racing method Bill Benter and Alan Woods used to make millions on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrat...

Most horse racing staking plans tell you to bet bigger after every loser. The 10K System does the opposite — one of three betting systems Peter Travers set out for Australian punters, where the sta...

The favourite looks like the safest bet in Australian horse racing, and across 660 races counted one at a time it lost 25 per cent on turnover — even though the first favourite won 174 of them, mor...

Do lucky saddlecloth numbers win? In 2007 a Practical Punting writer counted 660 Australian horse racing results — 7,363 runners, every TAB number from one to ten — instead of arguing about it. Num...

We welcome Costa Rolfe, a young and respected contributor to Practical Punting Monthly Magazine, who is now the regular author of this blog.

Injury-prone galloper Costa In The Glen, who promised so much as a young horse, is on track for his racetrack comeback at Caulfield.The six-year-old has raised the hopes of his frustrated connectio...

Encouraged by his trackwork, David Hayes has thrown Golden Slipper runner-up Von Costa De Hero into Friday night's Group Two Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley.The leading trainer said the intention w...

Encouraged by his trackwork, David Hayes has thrown Golden Slipper runner-up Von Costa De Hero into Friday night's Group Two Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valley.The leading trainer said the intention w...

Geelong trainer Niall Phillips is content for Costa In The Glen to gradually find his level rather than speculate on any big race prospects for the lightly-raced four-year-old.Phillips said he was ...

Talented but injury-prone galloper Costa In The Glen is set to make his first appearance for his new trainer Kelvin Bourke at Caulfield on Saturday.Now a six-year-old, Costa In The Glen hasn't race...