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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...

David Payne will have weight of numbers on his side when he heads to Hawkesbury for the stand-alone meeting on Saturday.Payne has nominated Kettledrum and Madibagold for the Listed Rowley Mile (160...

Jim Cassidy believes Lucky Lago has the potential to be a spring carnival contender

Patinack Farm already has Hussousa on the Golden Slipper path and trainer John Thompson will give unraced filly Roll The Bones her chance to try to qualify at Randwick on Saturday.Roll The Bones wi...

Peter Snowden is hoping that missing the Caulfield Guineas with lightly-raced three-year-old Demerit will translate into a Coolmore Stud Stakes victory at Flemington.Demerit would have been one of ...

Peter Snowden is hoping that missing the Caulfield Guineas with lightly-raced three-year-old Demerit will translate into a Coolmore Stud Stakes victory at Flemington.Demerit would have been one of ...

Evergreen mare Miss Badoura looks set for another successful campaign and will try to make it back-to-back wins at Caulfield on Saturday.The eight-year-old, by 1990 Melbourne Cup winner Kingston Ru...