Haven 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...

Lucky, lucky, lucky...Melbourne Cup runner-up Maluckyday looks likely to return to racing in Sat's Grp 1 Futurity Stakes at Caulfield. Trainer John Hawkes says he's booking Jim Cassidy for the ride...

Too wet! Pre-race fav All Silent will miss Saturday's $1 million Stradbroke at Eagle Farm. Trainer Grahame Begg says he won't risk the horse on the expected bog track.He says: 'I haven't even looke...

Look out Kiwis, here comes First Command...Yes, NZ is next on the list for Saturday's impressive Caulfield winner. He will leave next week for New Zealand to run in the Grp 1 Telegraph Stakes 1200m...

NO NOTHING THIS WEEK.Sorree! Yes of course you can get "something," if you want.But what I really wanted to ask you is if you'd ever gone a week without deciding on a bet.Many punters haven't.Here'...

Looks like Hay List's racing career is over...Latest reports say trainer John McNair is waiting for reports from several top vets about a serious knee injury Hay List sustained while recovering fro...

Is Ironstein really a 'true' 6/4 chance for Thursday's Grafton Cup? Trainer Gerald Ryan seems confident he is but admits to being a little concerned at the 57kgs he'll carry. He says: 'He goes up f...