Extreme Spirit 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.

Veteran turf scribbler Ken Callander is keen on Spirit of Boom for Sat's 2YO Magic Millions at the Gold Coast. In his column in the Daily Tele in Sydney, the old spruiker says: 'It was only over 90...

Ambers Waltz still heads Sat's 2YO Magic Millions betting following the weekend racing. Mark Read's IASbet.com has AW at $4.20 (13/4), ahead of Military Rose at $6.00. Sat's tearaway Gold Coast win...

At $3.60, the John O'Shea-trained Amber's Waltz is a firm early fav for the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast next month. Betchoice.com.au and TAB Sportsbet both have ...

The outstanding metropolitan winners of four juvenile races down the eastern seaboard of Australia on Saturday joined the rush of quality gallopers heading to next month's $2 million BMW Magic Mill...

$2 million BMW Magic Millions 2YO Classic - 1200m01 BRIGHTEXPECTATIONS (Gai Waterhouse) Nash Rawiller (15) 5602 MUNDI GULLY (Julie Green) Dennis Whitmore (18) 5603 JANTZEN (Helen Page) Jason Taylor...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has assured the season-opening Triple Trio goes off with a bang, a substantial pool top-up creating an estimated HK$30 million dividend, and Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's straight-...