Basil 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...

Lightly-raced sprinter Basil Da Man has been a revelation for his South Australian trainer David Jolly who will give him his most serious test in the Reaan Cup at Caulfield.Unbeaten in three starts...

An old ploy trainer Bevan Laming used prior to St Basil's Stradbroke Handicap victory four years ago paid off handsomely when emerging stayer Crossthestart clinched an interstate trip at Eagle Farm...

Mother-to-be Beyonce's Star may have ended her racetrack career on a high following a narrow victory in the Listed Just Now Handicap at Eagle Farm.The Bryan Guy-trained mare, who is in foal to Show...

Bevan Laming hopes the unorthodox training method he used with St Basil to win a Stradbroke Handicap will help Crossthestart clinch a trip to Sydney for the Metropolitan Handicap.Laming took the un...

Bevan Laming hopes the unorthodox training method he used with St Basil to win a Stradbroke Handicap will help Crossthestart clinch a trip to Sydney for the Metropolitan Handicap.Laming took the un...

EARLY BIRDS AND WORMS.There's nothing wrong with a few early bets on the Cups and the Plate - provided you keep a sense of perspective.If you feel that something is over the odds (i.e. you're being...