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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...

From NEIL FRANKLYNDRAGON EYE6g : Trainer - Steven Cooper25 starts : 4 wins : 4 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1650mTrack conditions won on : Good : SlowThis rising 7-year-old hasn't been back i...

Noble Protector secured a late-entry to the $1 million Queen of the Turf Stakes in Sydney with a bold all-the-way victory in the $200,000 William Hill Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Fr...

Trainer Patrick Payne is aiming to win his second Group Two Sunline Stakes in three years.Payne will run Princess Marizza in Saturday's 1600m Moonee Valley feature after winning the race with Laura...

Young gun apprentice Tim Bell could get the opportunity to ride in a Group One race at Randwick on Saturday if Border Rebel runs in the Galaxy.Trainer Sue Grills said she would wait until she studi...

Young gun apprentice Tim Bell could get the opportunity to ride in a Group One race at Randwick on Saturday if Border Rebel runs in the Galaxy.Trainer Sue Grills said she would wait until she studi...

The "old" El Segundo is threatening to be unleashed in the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield.Trainer Colin Little has noted significant improvement in the seven-year-old in the last week and i...