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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...

Stathi Katsidis hopes to continue his big race form when he heads to New Zealand later this month to partner talented Queensland filly Sister Havana in the Listed Karaka Millions at Ellerslie.Katsi...

Stathi Katsidis hopes to continue his big race form when he heads to New Zealand later this month to partner talented Queensland filly Sister Havana in the Listed Karaka Millions at Ellerslie.Katsi...

Stathi Katsidis hopes to continue his big race form when he heads to New Zealand later this month to partner talented Queensland filly Sister Havana in the Listed Karaka Millions at Ellerslie.Katsi...

Blake Shinn has already enjoyed Group race success aboard Upbeat and he believes the three-year-old couldn't be going any better ahead of Saturday's rich Inglis Guineas at Scone.Shinn's week was so...

Sincero will take a crucial step towards his Cox Plate mission when he faces his first weight-for-age test in Saturday's Group One George Main Stakes.The Cox Plate is regarded as Australasia's weig...

The Cleaner could be set for a tilt at the $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate after digging deep to claim the $80,000 Jeep Don’t Hold Back Handicap (1600 metres) at Moonee Valley on Saturday. De...