Autumn Boy 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...

One of racing's well-publicised bad boys Here De Angels has jockey Jeff Penza convinced a path to redemption will continue in the Ramornie Handicap.Here De Angels is among the favourites to win the...

Chris Waller plans to have four runners in the Summer Cup at Randwick on Boxing Day headed by Bellagio Wynn who is out to complete a rare feature race double.The last-start Christmas Cup winner can...

The autumn carnival was short-lived for Carlton House  

Triple Group One winner Danleigh is following the same path this autumn as last year, hopefully with a repeat result in Saturday's Apollo Stakes at Rosehill.The seven-year-old goes into his defence...

Chris Waller's plans for Rangirangdoo hold the key to the Doncaster Mile weights after Racing NSW confirmed they will be raised if last year's winner doesn't accept for the $2 million race.If Rangi...

Melbourne Cup favourite Maluckyday is likely to be a surprise starter in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield.Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said the four-year-old was scheduled to arrive in Melbour...