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Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...

You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...

Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...

A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...

Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...

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...

There's probably nothing more depressing than hitting a losing run at the races. Well, maybe losing your job while holding a $250,000 mortgage could be considered a little more depressing, but you...

In this article, UK professional Guy Ward continues his essay on the personal elements needed to become a successful punter. Ward’s website is at www.mathematician-betting.co.uk . Most punters a...

ORGANISERS of today's Caulfield Cup have defiantly refused to postpone the race despite appalling weather and calls from leading racing figure Lloyd Williams to shift the event, reports The Age.It ...

Peter Robl had to do it tough to shed the kilos but the opportunity to land his first city winner following a year-long ban was too good to refuse.Robl got down to 53kg at just his third meeting ba...

Jockeys at Ballarat, Hawkesbury and Ipswich have refused to continue riding at Thursday's meetings and will consider further industrial action over the controversial whip rules.Stop work meetings t...

Jockeys at Ballarat, Hawkesbury and Ipswich have refused to continue riding at Thursday's meetings and will consider further industrial action over the controversial whip rules.Stop work meetings t...