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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...

Insurance! No, this is not an article about how to keep the door-to-door insurance man at bay. It's about betting insurance. If you are one of those punters legions of them-who refuse to have any...

Insurance! No, this is not an article about how to keep the door-to-door insurance man at bay. It's about betting insurance. If you are one of those punters legions of them-who refuse to have any...

Trainer Liam Birchley is hoping a strong performance from Glacial Miss at Doomben could open the door to a winter carnival campaign.Glacial Miss faces a seven-day back-up and an extension in distan...

A bulked up Berringama has trainer Brian Cox excited about his prospects of reaching a new level this campaign which begins with the Monash Stakes.The Wodonga based Cox said the rising five-year-ol...

A bulked up Berringama has trainer Brian Cox excited about his prospects of reaching a new level this campaign which begins with the Monash Stakes.The Wodonga based Cox said the rising five-year-ol...

A bulked up Berringama has trainer Brian Cox excited about his prospects of reaching a new level this campaign which begins with the Monash Stakes.The Wodonga based Cox said the rising five-year-ol...