Dictation 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...

A new found maturity has Belle Soleil on target for Magic Millions riches on the Gold Coast following a dominant victory in the Wyong leadup.With trainer Gary Portelli on holiday in Queensland, blo...

Trainer Gary Portelli has switched his Group One attention to the autumn and the AJC Australian Oaks with Rose Of Peace after losing Gold Trail for the summer to injury.The winner of the Railway St...

Magic Millions riches await Koblenz if she can overcome a wide barrier and live up to trainer Gary Portelli's expectations at Randwick.Many of the 13 fillies in Saturday's 1000m race, ironically sp...

Gary Portelli is keeping his options open with Group One winner Gold Trail who could compete in either Queensland or Sydney later this week.The $200,000 Magic Millions Sprint (1000m) on Saturday ha...

Gary Portelli may bypass next month's Villiers Stakes and look at a bigger prize during the autumn carnival after watching stable star Somepin Anypin race to another dominant win in the Hawkesbury ...

Clarry Conners has accepted with The Last General in Sydney on Saturday as road closures in northern NSW put his Magic Millions Guineas appearance in doubt.The Last General is not the only Sydney-b...