I Am Brave Horse

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...

The word legend is a loosely used term in sport but on the turf this year there was one horse, Sea The Stars, who undoubtedly achieved that status.The Hong Kong-owned Irish-trained colt lit up the ...

The word legend is a loosely used term in sport but on the turf this year there was one horse, Sea The Stars, who undoubtedly achieved that status.The Hong Kong-owned Irish-trained colt lit up the ...

British raider Raven's Pass blew past heralded Curlin to win the $US5 million ($A7.43 million) Breeders' Cup Classic to cap a stellar showing for Europe in the $US25.5 million ($A37.88 million) wee...