Cool Victory 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...

Mark Kavanagh has savoured Cox Plate jubilation, but he may enjoy the moment again this spring with Super Cool, who emerged from a Victoria Derby recap to claim Sat's Australian Cup. Kavanagh ident...

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 ...

The all-important weights for the world’s richest 2400-metre handicap, the $2.5 million BMW Caulfield Cup on 19 October, were released today by Racing Victoria (RV) with great interest in the han...

At last, victory for Australia at Dubai...Bonny mare Ortensia took out the Al Quoz Sprint. She came from last with a slashing final 200m to score drawing away under a cool ride from Craig Williams ...

Lightly-raced six-year-old Centurytwentyone, who came back from a serious injury early in his career, will try to make it five successive wins in Wednesday's Group Three Launceston Cup.Trainer Denn...

Lightly-raced six-year-old Centurytwentyone, who came back from a serious injury early in his career, will try to make it five successive wins in Wednesday's Group Three Launceston Cup.Trainer Denn...