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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...

Studies and work commitments have prevented young Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie from returning to Melbourne with Rothera who has figured in a stable switch to Peter Moody.Currie rocketed into promin...

RACING radio station Sport 927 has drastically revamped its two major morning timeslots and in the process dumped two of the network's key personalities, reports The Age.It says: The station yester...

A decision not to roll the dice during the Brisbane winter carnival could pay off in the spring for connections of Rothera who makes his comeback at Doomben on Saturday.Trainer Ben Currie has penci...

What does 1997 hold for you as an investor? Did you win in 1996? I hope so, but what does that say about the coming year? Does a plan exist whereby you can be as sure as any genuine investor that...

We have been involved in an enormous study of favourites, preparing for a rather large and important article in the 2000 PPM Annual. We, being Steve and Scan McAllister and Yours Truly, took all ...

America's best-known punter Andy Beyer failed to beat Australian racing, but he remains one of the most influential figures in international racehorse betting. He's the "ideal" success story for a...