Out Of Square Horse

Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...

You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...

Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...

A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...

Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...

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...

Ciaron Maher will send  Set Square  for blood tests on Monday to confirm that she has taken no harm from her disappointing  Vinery Stud Stakes  effort. The Crown Oaks winner ran the worst race of...

Some friends and I were discussing various betting strategies. We went over all the staples, like progressions and target approaches, level stakes, the Kelly, and so on. Then someone brought up ...

Some friends and I were discussing various betting strategies. We went over all the staples, like progressions and target approaches, level stakes, the Kelly, and so on. Then someone brought up ...

Late entry Set Square made light of her inexperience to score an emphatic win in the Crown Oaks 2500m at Flemington.  The Ciaron Mahar-trained filly has made spectacular progress after making he...

Former New Zealander Red Square will be looking to firm up plans for next month's Geelong Cup when he stretches out in distance to 1800 metres for the first time at Sandown on Wednesday.A last star...

Square root staking - sounds a bit intimidating, doesn't it? But it's not. In fact, it's an easy way of playing up your profits and keeping your staking well under control. In last month's P.P.M...