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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...

Weather killer...The prospect of bad weather is hitting ticket sales for the Flemington carnival. VRC chief Dale Monteith says: 'It's very galling when you look outside and just see this wonderful ...

UK star Mount Athos booked his ticket to Australia for the Melbourne Cup with a clear-cut success in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury. Mount Athos (5/4f) hit top gear for Ryan Moore 400m out an...

Trainer Robert Price is recovering well from a serious trackwork fall and is looking to One Way Ticket to provide a welcome tonic with victory at Randwick on Monday.Price suffered a broken C7 verte...

From NZ Thoroughbred NewsThe remedial re-shoeing of the tough front-running galloper Egyptian Ra (NZ) (Woodborough) could prove just the ticket needed in the HK-2 The Cathay Pacific International M...

TAB is going the extra distance to ensure

Unplaced Caulfield Cup fav Predatory Pricer's injury-enforced exit from Sat's $3million Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley has virtually assured a run for the Bart Cummings trained 3YO So You Think...