Determination Horse

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...

Most punters back each-way without ever pricing it. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: an each-way bet is not one bet with a safety net, it is two bets sold in a single tra...

Most punters pick the right horse and still take the wrong odds. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: the same selection, a better price, and the four seconds that pay for it.

Most punters read a form guide without ever deciding which parts of it matter. This is horse racing form study from 1992 that still holds up: what a formline tells you, and what it quietly hides.

Caulfield trainer Luke Oliver is hopeful that improving stayer Determination can live up to his name and bounce back after injury derailed plans for a crack at the Warrnambool Cup earlier this mont...

Caulfield trainer Luke Oliver is hopeful that improving stayer Determination can live up to his name and bounce back after injury derailed plans for a crack at the Warrnambool Cup earlier this mont...

Caulfield trainer Luke Oliver is hopeful that improving stayer Determination can live up to his name and bounce back after injury derailed plans for a crack at the Warrnambool Cup earlier this mont...

There has been another cobalt positive in Victoria, with the  Terry and Karina O’Sullivan -trained Darragh  returning a sample with the prohibited substance in its system. The positive swab came ...

On Saturday I attended a wedding in Echuca and during the torrential rain that teemed down as the caterers were valiantly trying to prepare the food, under a canopy that was buckling in the conditi...

On Saturday I attended a wedding in Echuca and during the torrential rain that teemed down as the caterers were valiantly trying to prepare the food, under a canopy that was buckling in the conditi...