Autumn Flyer 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...

An AJC Australian Oaks nomination instead of an Adelaide campaign goes on the line for Cool Flyer when the bargain-buy filly races at Randwick on Wednesday.Cool Flyer, purchased for $5000 as a year...

Jockey Dan Nikolic has been engaged to try to help first up specialist Secret Flyer to a second win in the Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington.Trainer Mark Young has targeted Saturday's feature ...

Robert Smerdon says it could be only a matter of time before Eclair Flyer proves himself as good as his more accomplished stablemate Eclair Mystic.Both three-year-olds are owned by Macau Jockey Clu...

Tommy Berry is hoping to end his apprenticeship on the best possible note with Group One success at Rosehill on Saturday.Berry has been granted permission from Racing NSW to come out of his time a ...

Trainer Anthony Cummings's autumn plans have suffered another setback with sprinter-miler Turffontein ruled out of the Sydney carnival.A veterinary examination confirmed the multiple Group One-plac...

Trainer Anthony Cummings's autumn plans have suffered another setback with sprinter-miler Turffontein ruled out of the Sydney carnival.A veterinary examination confirmed the multiple Group One-plac...