High Praise 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...

Master blaster Bart Cummings has come out in support of Queenslander Shoot Out for Sat's Rosehill Guineas. He says: 'They take some beating those High Chaparral's...They are pretty good...Shoot Out...

Peter Moody didn’t rate it Black Caviar’s best win

Murray Baker  has praised his Caulfield Cup favorite   Mongolian Khan  as one of the best he has had in his stable, reports racing.com. Baker, who has won some of Australia's biggest races with ...

Tony McEvoy  is not one known for outlandish statements, so when he says  Alpine Eagle  could potentially be the best horse he’s trained - you need to pay attention, reports racing.com. When it ...

Australian jockey Tye Angland has earned high praise with a breakthrough Hong Kong win.Angland rode his first winner since accepting a four-month Hong Kong contract when he partnered Global Win to ...

On a day to remember for young rider Blake Spriggs, the 18-year-old brought home five winners at Rosehill including his first stakes victory aboard Mr Unforgettable.The Kevin Moses-trained gelding ...