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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...

Michael Rodd is talking the talk about his Melbourne Cup mount Red Cadeaux. He reckons 'Red' ticks plenty of boxes in any form appraisal and considers him a 'strong chance' in the big race. He says...

All the talk about a bog track for the Doncaster on Saturday could be just that...talk. Latest reports say there's a good chance, if the weather stays rainfree, that the Randwick track could be rat...

How hot can you get for a Grp 1 mile classic? Well, bookies are assessing the Gai Waterhouse mare More Joyous as a 2/1 chance for the Doncaster Hdcp 1600m at Randwick next month. That's $3.00 in th...

Looks like we can dismiss all that talk of Gai Waterhouse facing official repercussions following the 2YO Magic Millions protest at the Gold Coast. Chief Steward Wade Birch can find nothing siniste...

Plans seem very much up in the air for NZ star Jimmy Choux after his next start in the AJC Australian Derby at Randwick. There's talk he might go straight to stud. There's also talk he'll be at the...

Unbeaten mare Atlantic Jewel heads Betstar's opening market for the 2012 Cox Plate. While internationally-bred gallopers dominate the talk around the Cups, a clutch of home-grown stars are the key ...