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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...

  THE John O’Shea-trained Sea Siren will be looking to emulate the feats of Black Caviar last year when she contests the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot early  Sunday  morning ( ...

Highly-rated UK stayer Sea Moon has arrived in quarantine in Sydney. The 5YO entire may make his Australian debut for new owner Lloyd Williams in March. Williams told Sky Racing's Andrew Bensley th...

The training partnership of Colin and Cindy Alderson will make a rare trip to Sydney on Saturday when Sea Galleon tackles the Listed Christmas Cup.It has been more than 10 years since the Aldersons...

It was a case of when two doors shut another one opened for top jockey Craig Williams who has picked up the ride on Sea Battle in Saturday's Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.Williams, who has won the pas...

What do we make of Dunaden's slightly disappointing performance in the overnight Grp 1 2400m King George & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot UK? Last year's Melbourne Cup winner ran 6th of the 10 run...

Ben Melham overcame difficulties on a deteriorating track to guide promising stayer Sea Galleon to the gelding's first metropolitan win at Moonee Valley.The Aquanas Foods Hcp (2040m) was run in mis...