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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...

Local trainer Sandra O'Sullivan scored the biggest success of her long career when underrated sprinter Carry To Fortune recorded a scorching win in the $100,000 Bat Out Of Hell Handicap at the Gold...

Wazn has been well supported to give Chris Waller another Sydney distance feature, joining Straight Albert at the head of the market for Monday's City Tattersall's Cup (2095m).Part of the large tea...

It never ceases to amaze me how many people take up an interest in horse-racing, and betting, at a late time in their life. At a race meeting recently I got chatting with an elderly chap and at o...

Peter Snowden's smart 3YO Scarf is the early fav for Sat's Listed Winter Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Scarf won two races on heavy tracks before his 9th behind Little Surfer Girl at Rosehill on June...

For four meetings while Douglas Whyte was suspended, Brett Prebble had a veritable picnic and last Sunday when the Durban Demon returned, Prebble was overseas with Sacred Kingdom. Tonight is what t...

Expensive European import Alexander Of Hales makes his return to racing on Saturday after recovering from a broken hind leg.His Chris Waller-trained stablemate Gigino is the likely favourite in the...