Metaphorically Horse

Insights into national thoroughbred racing for Monday 18 November 2024 to Sunday 24 November 2024. * There were 51 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,422 horses compe...

There were 47 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,198 horses competing in 340 races for a total prize money purse of $19,011,500 .

There were 71 race meetings held across Australia last week with 4,512 horses competing in 499 races for a total prize money purse of $46,607,500 .

Predictions of a major downturn in yearling sales proved unfounded at the first four sessions of the Magic Millions sale with just a 16 per cent drop on 2008 figures.Aushorse Marketing said the Gol...

Talented Queensland sprinter Swiss Ace could be a surprise Melbourne visitor for the Group One Lightning Stakes and Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.Trainer Mick Mair expects to make a decision soo...

On Saturday Love Conquers All either choked down or had a form of heart failure when he finished last. As he metaphorically "died" a part of my wallet died as well and I started to wonder about the...

GONE FISHINGThere are days, even weeks, when anyone on his own - unless he's a pro- is hopelessly out of his depth.Some punters don't realise this, but it IS so.We do our best by offering the profe...

Wherever gambling takes place the door to corruption always opens and sadly for the cricket world the door has exploded open. The current allegations of match fixing provide extraordinary reading f...

There are times in gambling when the Gods favour the hardy betting crew known as the punter. On Saturday I ended up the day a handsome amount in front, and feeling about ten metres tall, after two ...

4 hours in the life of our expert, The Optimist I am going to stick to Saturdays for all my comments in this article. That is because (1) Saturdays are probably the principal days for virtuall...

In 1969, the late Rem Plante published his fine book Australian Horse Racing and Punters' Guide, in which he recommended a simple system of grading each horse's entire career based on the number o...