Lightning Ridge Horse

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...

De Lightning Ridge has smashed the long-standing Randwick 1000-metre record in the Group Two Challenge Stakes in a blistering display of speed reminiscent of her two-year-old days.The now four-year...

The injury plagued but highly talented De Lightning Ridge has bolstered trainer Joe Pride's already strong team of mares for the upcoming autumn.The four-year-old has been at Pride's Warwick Farm s...

An injury sustained after a brilliant barrier trial win has ended the racing career of record-breaking sprinter De Lightning Ridge.Moments after showing why she was regarded as one of Sydney's best...

The return of stable star De Lightning Ridge at Canterbury on Wednesday could not have come at a better time for trainer Keith Dryden.The one-time Golden Slipper favourite runs in the Gow Gates Han...

A dead track is likely to thwart De Lightning Ridge's chances of setting another course record at Randwick on Saturday but trainer Joe Pride is confident she is primed for a Group One win in the Ga...

Early betting moves/prices on 2 of Saturday's major races at Rosehill (TAB Sportsbet odds)EXPRESSWAY STAKES RANGIRANGDOO 3.00 DANLEIGH 4.20 DAO DAO 5.00 COURT 6.00 MCCLINTOCK 7.00 CENTENNIAL PARK 8...