Captain Sparrow 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...

We read a lot about Pittsburgh Phil and how he made a fortune from betting in the good old days. And wise bettors talk constantly about Phil's genius in money management. They point to him as the ...

When it comes to multiple punting, the small bettor often feels cheated. The general belief seems to be that only big-betting punters can benefit from backing more than one horse in a race. As we...

There are a few things, only a few, in this life that can be reasonably counted on. I know that's not a new perspective, and the ones we usually hear about are death and taxes. But racing also h...

When it comes to multiple punting, the small bettor often feels cheated. The general belief seems to be that only big-betting punters can benefit from backing more than one horse in a race. As we...

I had something else planned for this month’s Plan of the Month, but it will have to wait until next month. That’s because I became intrigued by the fascinating article written by P.B. King (pag...

When it comes to multiple punting, the small bettor often feels cheated. The general belief seems to be that only big-betting punters can benefit from backing more than one horse in a race. As we...