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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 multi-million dollar Queensland racing industry will undergo major reforms following the Liberal National Party's landslide win in the state election.Brisbane Racing Club chairman Kevin Dixon s...

The federal government has been urged to seize the Melbourne Cup prize money of third-place getter Mourilyan, which is owned by Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov.The Australian Greens believe the $42...

TAB Fixed Odds price movers on Thursday for racing at Flemington, Rosehill and Gold Coast on Saturday.FLEMINGTON 12/011 Minaj $13 - $11, Ms Funovits $4.20 - $3.803 Cry In Awe $31 - $264 Legcut $35 ...

A political and legal storm is brewing north of the border with Racing Queensland boss Bob Bentley intent on forging ahead with work on a dual code super track, while the sport's governing body is ...

Surprise, surprise...A State Govt commissione report says there should be a merger of the AJC and STC. The outcome hardly comes as a shock to anyone. As soon as the Minister called for the report, ...

Some of the country's biggest thoroughbred studs are leading a protest against a coal mining company which wants to operate in the breeding heartland of the NSW Hunter Valley.A protest march will ...