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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.

Prominent owners Barrie and Midge Griffiths have taken a $55,000 gamble and paid the late entry fee to put Formidable in Saturday's Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.The Strada filly will ...

A feature win may still be some way off but connections of Medieval Myth plan to test the gelding's staying pedigree following his maiden victory at Doomben.Medieval Myth gave Toowoomba trainer Tra...

The only flaw Lee Freedman can find in Oaks favourite Samantha Miss is that Kris Lees trains her and he doesn't.Freedman has two runners in Thursday's Classic, Estee and Miss Scarlatti, but admits ...

So it's farewell to a racing legend - Vo Rogue is dead. What a wonderful warrior he was. I'll never forget his front-running heroics. Vo Rogue was 28 when he died on Tuesday. His trainer, the quint...

International superstar sprinter  Lankan Rupee  will continue his build up towards the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) on February 21  with a barrier trial at Cranbourne on Monday , reports racing...

Hall Of Fame trainer Lee Freedman has his eyes on his fifth VRC Oaks after well-bred filly Dizlago scored an easy win in a race that has proven a dud guide to the Classic.The daughter of Encosta De...