Black Raptor 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...

From NEIL FRANKLYNSAY NO MORE3f : Trainer - Paul Duncan2 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1050m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : DeadThis young filly has been to the races on just two occasions ...

Punters are confident the Danny O'Brien-trained Shamrocker can become the first filly since Research in 1989 to complete the AJC Australian Derby-Oaks double, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It s...

AN INJURY set-back for Victoria Derby winner Lion Tamer has thrust his emerging stablemate We Can Say It Now into Melbourne's autumn carnival spotlight, with the filly now being aimed at the $1 mil...

So THEY Say...Try these:They've backed the topweight.They've come out of the woodwork to back Drongo Junior.They knew what they were doing.When they put their money down they're rarely wrong.They a...

JUST A THOUGHTWhat I know, what you know, and what they know.So say there's a market up.Your strong fancy is Number One.It's mine too.We've both done the form.The prepost newspaper market offers ti...

Improving filly Soapbox scored a stylish victory at the metropolitan meeting at Gosford on Wednesday to provide Exceed and Excel with his 19th Australian juvenile winner of the season,reports Tara ...