Prickles 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...

Queensland handicappers would have to be generous towards Ironstein to entice trainer Gerald Ryan to run him at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday but stablemate Adnocon is a definite for the meeting.I...

Sad to see Jack Denham die at 85. Much of his amazing life story probably died with him. He rarely gave interviews and had a frosty relationship wih the press. Most journos didn't bother trying to ...

Here's A Conundrum for You.VIGOR. I mentioned his great run in my blog a few days back. Missed the cut in last year's Melbourne Cup because of a bureaucratic mishmash.Ran third in the Caulfield Cup...

COFFEE ANYONE?Yes, well I'd bet that many of you immediately knew I was going to mention Melito, the three year old filly which has maintained her Group One form for Gerald Ryan and has Blake Shinn...

You know the feeling. You like the 5 at a generous 5/1, but the favoured 4 could be tough and the 8 has a longshot look, too. So instead of simply betting $40 to win on the 5, you take the same mo...

You know the feeling. You like the 5 at a generous 5/1, but the favoured 4 could be tough and the 8 has a longshot look, too. So instead of simply betting $40 to win on the 5, you take the same mo...