District Nine 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...

Trainer Colin Little will delay a decision until just before acceptance time on Wednesday on whether to run El Segundo in Saturday's CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield or wait another week for the Australi...

Trainer Colin Little will delay a decision until just before acceptance time on Wednesday on whether to run El Segundo in Saturday's CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield or wait another week for the Australi...

Rob Heathcote's advance spring team of Buffering and Woorim will head to Melbourne early next month in the hope of delivering Brisbane's premier trainer his first Group One success.Buffering has be...

Craig Newitt says Light Fantastic is spot-on for the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield on Sunday and believes the grey can win the Group One weight-for-age feature.Newitt has ridden Light Fantastic in sev...

Craig Newitt says Light Fantastic is spot-on for the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield on Sunday and believes the grey can win the Group One weight-for-age feature.Newitt has ridden Light Fantastic in sev...

TURN Me Loose has been opened as the $5.50 favourite with TAB to win the C F Orr Stakes following an impressive trial win last week. Going for his fourth win in a row, the four year old Group 1...