Mickio Horse

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...

Most punters back each-way without ever pricing it. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: an each-way bet is not one bet with a safety net, it is two bets sold in a single tra...

Most punters pick the right horse and still take the wrong odds. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: the same selection, a better price, and the four seconds that pay for it.

Most punters read a form guide without ever deciding which parts of it matter. This is horse racing form study from 1992 that still holds up: what a formline tells you, and what it quietly hides.

It looks like the bookmakers are convinced Efficient will not run in the Melbourne Cup. Most are already adjusting markets to reflect his absence from the field. Sportingbet has eassed Efficient ou...

NZ-bred Cox Plate winner So You Think (High Chaparral) enjoys top rank status along with stablemate Viewed on the recently released ANZ Classifications. Announced last Friday, the ANZ Classificatio...

Five-year-old Fordee could be described as an underachiever when looking back on his career.For a horse who was fifth in the Queensland Derby and fourth in an Adelaide Cup it would be fair to assum...

There will be no down time for Chris Waller to reflect on season 2009-10 with the trainer gearing up for a big spring starting with the return of Danleigh in the Missile Stakes at Randwick.Waller t...

Blake Spriggs enjoyed a well-earned day off on Sunday, giving the apprentice jockey a chance to reflect on his five-win haul from Rosehill.Spriggs was the toast of Australian racing with a feat whi...

Blake Spriggs enjoyed a well-earned day off on Sunday, giving the apprentice jockey a chance to reflect on his five-win haul from Rosehill.Spriggs was the toast of Australian racing with a feat whi...