Bee Two Horse

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...

Most punters back each-way without ever pricing it. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: an each-way bet is not one bet with a safety net, it is two bets sold in a single tra...

Most punters pick the right horse and still take the wrong odds. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: the same selection, a better price, and the four seconds that pay for it.

Most punters read a form guide without ever deciding which parts of it matter. This is horse racing form study from 1992 that still holds up: what a formline tells you, and what it quietly hides.

Fiorente is out of the Caulfield Cup with trainer Gai Waterhouse opting to focus the five-year-old on the Cox Plate a week later as his Melbourne Cup lead-up.  Second favourite for the Melbourne...

1025 yearlings have been nominated for the 2014 edition of the $1 million Group 1 Sportingbet Blue Diamond Stakes, with entries closed by the Melbourne Racing Club this week.

When Daffodil won the Group One AJC Australian Oaks at Randwick in April, it was the first win by a New Zealand-trained horse in the race since Domino in 1990.The statistic was another example of h...

When Daffodil won the Group One AJC Australian Oaks at Randwick in April, it was the first win by a New Zealand-trained horse in the race since Domino in 1990.The statistic was another example of h...

When Daffodil won the Group One AJC Australian Oaks at Randwick in April, it was the first win by a New Zealand-trained horse in the race since Domino in 1990.The statistic was another example of h...

A gutted Larry Cassidy has lost his appeal against a careless riding suspension, paving the way for Stathi Katsidis to partner Queensland filly Hidden Kisses in Saturday's Group One AJC Sires' Prod...