Mahaler 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...

Our Lukas has opened a firm favorite at 6/4 ($2.50) for Sat's Ipswich Cup. The market on Friday morning from TAB Sportsbet:IPSWICH CUPOUR LUKAS 2.50 TEARY EYED 6.00 BAUGHURST 7.00 SIR TIME KEEPER 7...

Comeback filly Koblenz faces a huge test at Randwick on Wednesday in a maiden trainer Gary Portelli rates as well above average, but if she measures up a crack at the Princess Series awaits.The Cha...

Comeback filly Koblenz faces a huge test at Randwick on Wednesday in a maiden trainer Gary Portelli rates as well above average, but if she measures up a crack at the Princess Series awaits.The Cha...

Gai Waterhouse only had one runner at Randwick on Wednesday but it was all she needed to skip further ahead of Peter Snowden in the race for the Sydney trainers' premiership.Tinjirarni, ridden by l...

Gai Waterhouse only had one runner at Randwick on Wednesday but it was all she needed to skip further ahead of Peter Snowden in the race for the Sydney trainers' premiership.Tinjirarni, ridden by l...

In-form jockey Larry Cassidy is confident he can ride the crest of his winning wave all the way into the winner's circle in Saturday's $200,000 Ipswich Cup.Fresh from his Queensland Derby win on Co...