Rising Steps Horse

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...

An old favourite and an up-and-coming young stayer promise to be the cornerstone of Con Karakatsanis' Queensland winter carnival team.Karakatsanis has rising nine-year-old Black Piranha chasing a t...

PUNTERS seem convinced that the distance of the Caulfield Cup will suit Mongolian Khan ($4.50) perfectly, with TAB taking more than double the stake on the favourite ahead of the next fancy, Fame ...

When we talk about the steps to take in greyhound racing form analysis, what do we really mean? Well, to my way of thinking, we're talking about factors ... the main factors that affect the outcom...

Spring plans for a rejuvenated Trusting will come down to his stamina at the end of Saturday's Group Two Hill Stakes.The five-year-old broke a two-year winning drought with his determined victory o...

Spring plans for a rejuvenated Trusting will come down to his stamina at the end of Saturday's Group Two Hill Stakes.The five-year-old broke a two-year winning drought with his determined victory o...

Horses at the opposite ends of their careers will be out to enhance trainer Anthony Cummings's reputation as a carnival giant killer at Randwick on Saturday.Cummings will saddle up rising nine-year...