Machinegun Jubs 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...

Tony McEvoy  is not one known for outlandish statements, so when he says  Alpine Eagle  could potentially be the best horse he’s trained - you need to pay attention, reports racing.com. When it ...

The front page headlines about the health concerns of an 82-year-old horse trainer are testament to the high regard in which Bart Cummings is held.A lifetime asthma sufferer, Cummings has been batt...

Jon Hudson probes racing's cash mentality. I'm one of those punters who thoroughly enjoys the knockabout gregariousness of the racetrack, in contrast to some serious punters who are loners and ...