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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...

Peter Moody  is hoping the addition of blinkers will spark a form turnaround with classy filly  Bring Me The Maid  in Saturday’s  Schweppes Thousand Guineas . The champion Caulfield horseman is l...

Things are starting to look up again for trainer Kevin Moses who is hoping stakes winner Rhyno Chaser will spark a big week for the stable when he runs in the Group Three Spring Stakes at Newcastle...

Unlike past years, trainer Paul Perry is without runners in the two-year-old features and is relying on a couple from the older brigade to fly the flag for the stable this autumn.Sydney Cup-bound N...

Unlike past years, trainer Paul Perry is without runners in the two-year-old features and is relying on a couple from the older brigade to fly the flag for the stable this autumn.Sydney Cup-bound N...

HE MAY be worth $20 million according to trainer Gai Waterhouse, but don't bank on the regally bred Manhattan Rain winning at Flemington on Saturday, reports The Age.Its report adds: Waterhouse sai...

Enigmatic sprinter Biscayne Bay will get the chance to break his run of outs in Sydney feature races when he tackles the Group Three Missile Stakes at Rosehill.The 1100 metre sprint headlines a str...