Old Chap 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...

Danny Shum Chap-shing's  General Iron  has shown enough in his previous efforts at Happy Valley to suggest the drop to Class Four can see him break through in the Craigengower Cricket Club Chal...

Danny Shum Chap-shing's speedy type  Charity Joy  has returned a more mature horse this season and can make it back-to-back wins in the final leg of tomorrow night's Triple Trio at Happy Valley...

It is probably harsh to label Joao Moreira's recent output as a mid-season flat spot, but these things are relative, and Zac Purton can continue his rival's run of outs in the Jockey Challenge at ...

from RACING POST HKOwners' Glory shapes as a true stayer whose opportunities might appear infrequently, but the Danny Shum Chap-shing-trained four-year-old gets an ideal chance at a trophy in the I...

From RACING POST HKTaking a risk and double banking the two least experienced horses in the field will pay off in the middle leg of tomorrow's Triple Trio at Sha Tin, with sprinters Blue Caviar and...

From RACING POST HKLions' Fortune holds the key to the opening leg of the Triple Trio riches at Sha Tin on Saturday, which boasts an estimated dividend of HK$2 million after the jackpot was struck ...