Don't Whisper Horse

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...

Gillian Heinrich has postponed Sunset Affair's bid to become her third Magic Millions Classic contender next month.The Gold Coast based Heinrich won the Magic Millions Classic on her home track wit...

Rain remains the biggest threat to the gala Magic Millions day proceeding at the Gold Coast on Saturday.Stewards inspected the track for a second time on Thursday morning and were amazed at the rap...

There are a few things, only a few, in this life that can be reasonably counted on. I know that's not a new perspective, and the ones we usually hear about are death and taxes. But racing also h...

One of the people I see regularly on the racetrack is a former taxi-driver (owner/ operator) who now bets in a serious way, more or less on a professional basis. His modus operandi is to bet two...

One of the people I see regularly on the racetrack is a former taxi-driver (owner/ operator) who now bets in a serious way, more or less on a professional basis. His modus operandi is to bet two...

This article is adapted from the original, published in Smartsig magazine in Britain. Malcolm Smith is a highly-regarded form analyst there. I see racing mostly as an investment medium and in an ...