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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.

Leading jockey Kerrin McEvoy will be thrust straight back into the feature race spotlight when he resumes from suspension.McEvoy's book for his return at Wyong on Thursday has been boosted by the p...

If it wasn't for Black Caviar, More Joyous would be acclaimed as the best mare, if not the best horse, in the country.And now that Black Caviar's Sydney mission has been accomplished, it will be Mo...

Can UK trainer Luca Cumani win a Melbourne Cup at last? He has four entries in the big race. Cumani has gone very close with Purple Moon and Bauer, who both tasted narrow defeats in 2007 and 2008 r...

A horror draw and the tight Doomben track look formidable obstacles for Echoes Of Heaven in the Group Three Grand Prix Stakes but trainer Mick Price still feels his colt has some pluses in his favo...

A horror draw and the tight Doomben track look formidable obstacles for Echoes Of Heaven in the Group Three Grand Prix Stakes but trainer Mick Price still feels his colt has some pluses in his favo...

Boom colt Capitalist ($3.50) has opened clear favourite to win the $2.5 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on January 9.   “He couldn’t have been any more impressive when winning by 3 lengths on...