Glory Bound Horse

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...

David Hayes flew out of Melbourne early yesterday to supervise Nicconi's tilt at international glory in England later this month, but the Nicconi team will still keep an eye on the opening event at...

Top trainer Tony Cruz declared the best of Blazing Speed was still ahead after the gelding upset the big names in the Stewards' Cup, while Italian rider Mirco Demuro had the Jockey Club to thank ...

THE revival of David Hayes' stable is set to continue in the next two weeks as the trainer attempts to qualify a swag of smart two-year-olds for the $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes and rolls out the...

Unwanted as a yearling, Glare might not be bound for Group One glory just yet but he certainly proved his detractors wrong yet again with an all-the-way win at Doomben on Wednesday.A four-year-old ...

The step up from midweek racing to autumn carnival glory seems assured for Once Were Wild and Griffon who sailed through their assignments at Canterbury on Wednesday.Oaks-bound filly Once Were Wild...

The step up from midweek racing to autumn carnival glory seems assured for Once Were Wild and Griffon who sailed through their assignments at Canterbury on Wednesday.Oaks-bound filly Once Were Wild...