Bygo Lass 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...

The Board of Racing Victoria (RV) has today determined that it will move to a turnover-based product fee model based on 1.5% of turnover, increasing to 2% during the months of October and November ...

THE Racing Victoria Ltd board has accepted recommendations to install a new taxing regime for wagering operators on Victorian racing by increasing its take from the existing gross profits revenue, ...

A VICTORIAN trainer was yesterday under investigation by Racing Victoria stewards after two of his racehorses tested positive to the banned substance erythropoietin (EPO) and could face disqualific...

RACEHORSE trainers often talk of the pitfalls of treating the best horse in the stable differently to other horses, but David Hayes is happy to throw out the rule book when it comes to dealing with...

Gai Waterhouse admits to losing direction last season but she has regrouped and has her sights on the main prize with three runners in this year's Melbourne Cup.Waterhouse makes no secret of her di...

Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) chief steward Terry Bailey has refused to confirm or deny that Richard Laming is the trainer who has been told two of his horses have returned swab irregularities to t...