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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...

Russell Clarke is one of Britain's best known racing experts. His angles on racing have been published in the prestigious Raceform Update newspaper. This article is an extract from his latest book...

Ian Hutchins is hoping promising three-year-old Stroemsky can go to the paddock on a winning note as he comes to the end of his initial preparation at Sandown on Wednesday.Stroemsky is a maiden aft...

CAULFIELD Acceptances on Saturday 28th August, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: Out 10m Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.35 THE AGE HANDICAP ...

In a recent article in PPM I wrote about finding new inspiration in my punting life since becoming a devotee of Perth racing. Although the same stock of horses run in Perth you do not need to clu...

As most of us have learned, even after only a few years as a punter, a sensible approach to form will provide a goodly amount of winners. The catch is that everyone usually finds the same "form" h...