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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...

WHILE the Sydney-trained All Silent is considered the flag-bearer of the Australian contingent to contest Sunday's Hong Kong International Sprint, the veteran Apache Cat is certain to add another d...

Form wise the key race for the Chelmsford Stakes is the wfa Warwick Stakes run on August 14 as most of the field for the Chelmsford ran in the race. After having watched the replay several times it...

The all-conquering Canberra team of jockey Kevin Sweeney and trainer Keith Dryden will hit Sydney on Tuesday with De Prima Ballerina to run at Canterbury.Sweeney enjoyed his biggest day out at Canb...

The all-conquering Canberra team of jockey Kevin Sweeney and trainer Keith Dryden will hit Sydney on Tuesday with De Prima Ballerina to run at Canterbury.Sweeney enjoyed his biggest day out at Canb...

Champion Black Caviar will have another modern day sprinting idol for company on Saturday when she is led onto the Caulfield track by Hong Kong hero Silent Witness.Black Caviar equalled the dual Ho...

Flying filly Solar Charged has regained her place at the top of Golden Slipper markets with a dominant display in the Kindergarten Stakes at Warwick Farm.Sent out the $1.80 favourite, Solar Charged...