Gold Something Horse

The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...

Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...

In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...

There is no short cut in Australian horse racing, and Don Scott is the proof: he worked 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, at form study. Practical Punting's Brian Blackwell interviewed him i...

In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...

In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...

Of all the horses Gary Portelli has trained, none compares to speedster Marwin Gold.The 11-year-old was retired from the track after winning at Moe in Victoria last month but there is no way he is ...

Trainer Denise McGrath is hoping Marlu Gold will give her something to smile about at Randwick on Friday after a tough week for the stable.The seven-race twilight meeting features the comeback of M...

Plans to retire Group One winning sprinter Gold Trail have been shelved following successful throat surgery on the gelding.Trainer Gary Portelli was mystified by his lacklustre midfield performance...

Richard Gibson-trained  Gold-Fun  found  Glorious Days  just too strong on international day but looks ready to follow a well-worn path by winning the Group One Stewards' Cup (1,600m) at Sha ...

Gold-Fun  got out of jail to win his first run back from the break, but the Richard Gibson-trained five-year-old gets circumstances to win again despite top weight in the star-studded Group Two O...

Australian trainer Gary Portelli is excited ahead of Tuesday's King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, saying Gold Trail is at the top of his game.Gold Trail and fellow Australian Nicconi have drawn ba...