Fundamental Nature Horse

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...

Sometimes the ordinary punter is mystified by things that really should be second nature. One of those is the matter of weights in racing. Weight for age is only a name. Don't be frightened by it...

I don’t think any other questions that I’ve been asked about racing come remotely close, in total, to the number I have been asked about systems. Racing systems represent a way of life for many p...

Last month, we only managed to get halfway in this discussion. Incidentally, I wonder if you noticed that in the November issue of PPM, both Brian and I made six final selections for the Melbour...

There are many rules to becoming a successful punter. Most punters tend to ignore many of them, and I say this after years and years of being in “the game” and having talked with hundreds of my fe...

Most professional punters, whether in Australia or overseas, are very likely to emphasise the need to “be different” in your betting approach. “Follow the crowd and you’ll lose just like they do,...

Most professional punters, whether in Australia or overseas, are very likely to emphasise the need to “be different” in your betting approach. “Follow the crowd and you’ll lose just like they do,...