Off Shaw Horse

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...

Semi-retired veterinarian Ian Shaw has dabbled in training thoroughbreds for the past 42 years with limited success, but he had his day in the hot Canterbury sun Saturday when winning the New Zeala...

Durable mare Hoorang's Melbourne Cup campaign has received a boost with her win over a handy field at Hastings.Her trainer, Wanganui vet Ian Shaw, was inquiring into bookings to Melbourne on Sunday...

Australian bred sprinters Rocket Man and One World made history in Hong Kong on Sunday when they dead heated in the HK$3 million Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) HK Gr II at Sha Tin, reports Tara Madgwic...

LOCAL hero Rocket Man fired a warning shot to his visiting rivals when he starred yesterday in an important trackwork session leading into Sunday's group 1 Krisflyer Stakes at Kranji racetack in Si...

Dubai and Royal Ascot are off the agenda for giant sprinter Hay List, at least for this year.Trainer John McNair said he and the owners believed it was in Hay List's best interests to stay home for...

In Singapore they are looking at a young Australian-bred gelding as the horse to put the country on the international racing map.They are also looking suspiciously at a much older Aussie gelding as...