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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.

Early price movers from TAB.com.au for Saturday's racing:CANTERBURY 29/121 New market due to scratching of Medvedev3 Havana Rey $4 - $3.80 ($800 & $500 @ $4)6 Balavan $11 - $9.50 ($800 @ $11), Numb...

Price movers on Friday afternoon for Saturday's racing (from TAB.com.au):CANTERBURY 29/121 Lilliburlero $2 - $1.80 - $1.90 ($1300 @ $2), Eye The World $4.60 - $3.802 Dothraki $13 - $7.50 ($500 @ $1...

Promising apprentice Jake Noonan knocked the whip out of the hands of champion jockey Craig Williams on the way to his first city win at Moonee Valley.Noonan, who brought up win 43 of his career on...

Promising apprentice Jake Noonan knocked the whip out of the hands of champion jockey Craig Williams on the way to his first city win at Moonee Valley.Noonan, who brought up win 43 of his career on...

from breednet.com.auProgressive sprinter News Alert has enjoyed a fruitful Brisbane winter carnival, posting his second stakes victory in the Group Three Tattersalls WJ Healy Stakes at Eagle Farm o...

Someone once asked me how to define value at the races. I answered with one word: SHOPPING. For every race, the market offers us prices on not only each horse but on each daily double, each exacta...