Avantage Horse

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...

In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...

At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...

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...

Lee Freedman's 2YO colt Atomic., making his debut, has been a big firmer from $10.00 into $2.80 in the third race (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday, according to TAB Sportsbet. Latest betting moves ...

Unseen but not unrecognised...Unraced colt Atomic, backed at $35 in the Golden Slipper when the first market was released on Friday, has opened a $3 fav for Wed' Chairman's Stakes at Sandown. The T...

A sparkling track gallop from Group One The Galaxy winner Atomic Force has boosted trainer Darren Smith's confidence the five-year-old can continue his great form in Queensland during the winter ca...

Betstar's Alan Eskander says ruling Blue Diamond fav Sepoy has been the medium of a number of large bets but warns that supporters of the emerging Atomic are just as bullish about its chances in th...

Atomic Force's connections have made plans for an alternative overseas campaign if the Group One winner misses out on an invitation for Hong Kong's star-studded International meeting.The no-nonsens...

Atomic Force may have missed out on an invitation to Hong Kong but his connections are eyeing other overseas options following a last-stride victory at Canterbury on Saturday.The Group One Galaxy w...