Hollywood Gold Horse

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...

Most punters back each-way without ever pricing it. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: an each-way bet is not one bet with a safety net, it is two bets sold in a single tra...

Most punters pick the right horse and still take the wrong odds. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: the same selection, a better price, and the four seconds that pay for it.

Most punters read a form guide without ever deciding which parts of it matter. This is horse racing form study from 1992 that still holds up: what a formline tells you, and what it quietly hides.

Disturbing news from the US overnight relating to the pending closure of the famous Hollywood Park racetrack

New Zealand filly Puttanesca is swapping rural Ruakaka for Hollywood and Glenn Boss is going along for the ride.Puttanesca, fresh from running second in a restricted 1600m race at beachside Ruakaka...

New Zealand filly Puttanesca is swapping rural Ruakaka for Hollywood and Glenn Boss is going along for the ride.Puttanesca, fresh from running second in a restricted 1600m race at beachside Ruakaka...

Latest TAB markets on the Stradbroke, JJ Atkins and Qld Derby:

Sacred Elixir has surged into favouritism with TAB for the Victoria Derby, in from $8.00 to $4.60. However Morvada has been the biggest mover overall, firming from $51 to $13 after an impressiv...

More South African racing on the way...Tabcorp and its racing broadcaster Sky Racing have entered into a long-term agreement to share totalisator pools with South Africa. The partnership with two t...