San Gregorio Horse

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...

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...

From NEIL FRANKLYNSIERRA NEVADA3g : Trainer - Chris & Richard Otto4 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 2000m - 2100mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : DeadThis bloke will meet and defeat far be...

Jim Byrne might be the rider of one of the early Golden Slipper favourites but he will have his eye on two rich staying purses when makes a surprise appearance at Ellerslie this week.Brisbane-based...

Moonee Valley draws on...The $70,000 Chandler McLeod Handicap (1500m) at MValley on Sat has significant spring ramifications with the return to racing of Mark Kavanagh's impressive import December...

Americain has been given topweight of 58kg in his bid to become just the fifth horse to win back-to-back Emirates Melbourne Cups.The all-important weights for 'the race that stops a nation', to be ...