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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...

Trainer Craig Carmody is confident debutante Six Opinions will prove to be a bargain buy.The two-year-old Royal Academy filly is out of Fusaichi Pegasus mare Tears Roll Down and has her first start...

Trainer Craig Carmody is confident debutante Six Opinions will prove to be a bargain buy.The two-year-old Royal Academy filly is out of Fusaichi Pegasus mare Tears Roll Down and has her first start...

Opinions are divided about the 'strength' of Pierro's win in the Golden Slipper. Some experts reckon it was a cracker of a performance but others are not so sure. Including veteran scribbler Ken Ca...

The whip rule madness continues...Now there are fears that a relegation rule will be introduced. Trainer Anthony Cummings raised that spectre after addressing a panel chaired by Australian Racing B...

MULTIPLE group 1 winners Whobegotyou, Shoot Out and Typhoon Tracy today stake their claim for next month's Cox Plate, but as opinions differ as to who should be favourite, there appears to be one c...

DON'T BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE? WELL WHAT ABOUT TRACK BIAS?How You Feel About Track Bias? It seems to me that there are some things you can have opinions about, and that there are other things whi...