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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...

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...

MOONEE VALLEY Acceptances on Saturday 22nd August, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: +4m Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.35 ARROW TRAINING SE...

BALLARAT Acceptances on Friday 7th August, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: Out 8m from 800-400m, True Position the remainder--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-...

BETFAIR PARK SANDOWN LAKESIDE Acceptances on Wednesday 24th June, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: True Position Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

In this article, Martin Dowling takes a look at some recent big priced winners and poses analysis questions about their form. He suggests that by examining why the longshots won we can be prepared...