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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.

WARWICK FARM Acceptances on Wednesday 1st September, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: +3m 1000m to WP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-01.25 BOOK YOUR SPRING C...

CANTERBURY Acceptances on Wednesday 23rd February, 2011TAB MEETING. Rail: +3m Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-01.17 ROSEHILL GARDENS ...

CAULFIELD Acceptances on Saturday 8th January, 2011TAB MEETING. Rail: +3m entire circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.50 THOMAS NORTH PLATE 11...

Ratings, though some scoff at them, are a terrific way of placing a value on each runner in a race. A second way to get a race completely in focus is to assign a price to each runner. But compili...

CAULFIELD Acceptances on Sunday 26th December, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: Rail in the True Position--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-02.10 SPORTINGBET PL...

FLEMINGTON Acceptances on Tuesday 3rd November, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: True Position Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-10.20 AGL RENEWA...