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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...

With 48 hours to go, Viewed and Alcopop are sharing favoritism for the Melbourne Cup. Betstar has the pair at $5.00 (4/1) each, ahead of Roman Emperor $8.50 (15/2). The markat mid-afternoon on Sun...

Punters have flocked to Viewed with the 2008 winner assuming outright favouritism to give Bart Cummings a 13th Melbourne Cup.Betting agencies reported strong activity in the 24 hours since the fina...

Punters have flocked to Viewed with the 2008 winner assuming outright favouritism to give Bart Cummings a 13th Melbourne Cup.Betting agencies reported strong activity in the 24 hours since the fina...

The strongest contingent of European stayers ever assembled for the Melbourne Cup was thwarted by the man acknowledged as the best there is - Bart Cummings.Bart Cummings stretched his record to 12 ...

Rebel Raider makes his first appearance at Flemington since his longshot Victoria Derby win nearly two years ago and trainer Leon Macdonald is expecting a forward showing from him on Saturday.Macdo...

An 82-year-old grandfather is leading the defence of the Melbourne Cup from an annual international invasion which has globalised Australia's most famous horse race.Bart Cummings was among those wh...