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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...

Mentally there are fewer greater challenges to the average person than to survive the rigors of what we humans call life especially in the raising of a family. There is, however, another great chal...

Mentally there are fewer greater challenges to the average person than to survive the rigors of what we humans call life especially in the raising of a family. There is, however, another great chal...

Apprentice Damian Lane celebrated the biggest win of his career when he steered Ulundi along the rail to claim the Listed Lord Stakes at Mornington.Usually held at Caulfield, Tuesday's 1600m featur...

What did we learn from Caulfield and Rosehill last Saturday? There were several lessons to be learnt worth storing for the future. The difference 100m makes for some horses was never more evident w...

Last month I ran out of space and I still had one “basic betting rule” to cover. This was my liking for Group races and especially for Group 1 races. It stands to reason that anybody who is seriou...

Roman Koz provided us with a fascinating look at stats about favourites on pages 18-19 in the November PPM. It really is a good way to start thinking about a structured manner of attacking your be...