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Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...

In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...

At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...

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...

from NEIL FRANKLYN in AucklandTHE GREY STORM4m : Trainer - Stuart Hale15 starts : 3 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1600mRapidly improving daughter of Red Ransom who could well threaten...

Equine influenza (EI) delayed the start of Storm Kite's career but the mare is off and running much to the delight of trainer Ron Quinton.The Honours List four-year-old is having her second start i...

Equine influenza (EI) delayed the start of Storm Kite's career but the mare is off and running much to the delight of trainer Ron Quinton.The Honours List four-year-old is having her second start i...

N A week's time, Luke Nolen's face may well be broadcast around the globe as the rider of the world's fastest horse, Black Caviar, following her run in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in ...

Despite taking Hong Kong by storm in what has been a lucrative short-term stint - which continued with a treble yesterday - in-demand jockey Tommy Berry says he has no regrets...

Hugh Bowman knew next to nothing about Daffodil when he guided the New Zealander to a dominant victory in the AJC Australian Oaks last year.But the top Sydney rider has a much better understanding ...