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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...

Most punters back each-way without ever pricing it. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: an each-way bet is not one bet with a safety net, it is two bets sold in a single tra...

Most punters pick the right horse and still take the wrong odds. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: the same selection, a better price, and the four seconds that pay for it.

Most punters read a form guide without ever deciding which parts of it matter. This is horse racing form study from 1992 that still holds up: what a formline tells you, and what it quietly hides.

Early market movers from TAB Sportsbet for major meetings on SaturdayRANDWICK1 Pimpala Secret $4.20-$3.803 Shadow Minister $8-$65 Counterpane $4.20-$3.80 ($2,000 @ $4.20)6 Love Conquers All $2.90-$...

NEW Zealand trainer John Sargent has elected to shoot for the stars with his mare St Germaine at Eagle Farm on Saturday, reports the Brisbane Courier-Mail.It says: Sargent nominated St Germaine for...

Bonny mare Funtantes already has two stakes victories to her credit and at Eagle Farm on Saturday she will be on a mission to add another.Funtantes will tackle the feature race on the card, the Lis...

Rob Heathcote has rated Fillydelphia as Queensland's best mare on the eve of launching her winter carnival campaign in the Listed Hinkler Quality Handicap at Eagle Farm.And Heathcote is backing his...

Chris Waller will have runners in four of the five Group One races at Rosehill on Saturday but he won't be limiting his chances of stakes success to Sydney.The leading trainer will start First Look...

Trainer Brian Smith believes classy mare Jasminka will prove she's a genuine winter carnival sprints contender if she overcomes a hefty weight rise in the Bright Shadow Handicap at Doomben.Jasminka...