Great Plains 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...

In-form galloper Banana Man has been well backed to land his third country Cup for the season in the Mornington Cup on Wednesday.The Mick Kent-trained five-year-old attracted bets of $5,000 at $3.8...

In-form galloper Banana Man has been well backed to land his third country Cup for the season in the Mornington Cup on Wednesday.The Mick Kent-trained five-year-old attracted bets of $5,000 at $3.8...

Joao Moreira riding nine horses at a single meeting for John Size might look like “Dream Team 2.0” but the jockey says his big day out for the champion stable is simply a case of taking the best p...

Current order of entry (at Dec 11) for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast on Jan 12.$2 MILLION MAGIC MILLIONS 2YO CLASSIC 2-Y-O. Set Weights No Claims. As at Dec 11, 2012 Field Limit...

N A week's time, Luke Nolen's face may well be broadcast around the globe as the rider of the world's fastest horse, Black Caviar, following her run in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in ...

Olivier Doleuze has limbered up and is ready for some proper action as the build-up towards the feature races begins, and an upset win in today's Jockey Challenge at Sha Tin should be a perfect sc...