Our Nuisance 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...

The question most fellow punters ask me is to explain my approach to form and betting. Quite naturally, they want to know what the secret is to making a profit at the races. Who doesn't? By th...

Alice Springs sprinter The Soldier will be out to give trainer Ken Rogerson his first winner in Melbourne since he left for the Northern Territory 17 years ago at Moonee Valley on Saturday.Rogerson...

"An Error of Judgement"That's what the Sun-Herald called Victoria Racing's decision to omit Vigor, third in the Caulfield Cup and next in line, and to allow two third raters, hopelessly beaten in a...

AUGUST 01Plan A Rosehill 5-5-2-4-6-1-2-12Caulfield 2-5-4-3-3-6-2-1Doomben 1-2-1-4-4-9-2-1Morphettville 3-4-3-1-1-4-4-1Belmont 1-8-6-1-3-5-10-14Plan CRosehill SLOWRace 1 No 5 Voice CoachRace 3 No 2 ...

This is the month - August - when punters should begin looking for the early clues to discovering which horses will win major spring races like the Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup and W.S. Cox Plate....

Brett Prebble celebrated a dream homecoming when he teamed with Macedon Lodge import Green Moon to win Tuesday's $6 million Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington.The Victorian-raised jockey,...