Silk And Satin 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...

Four-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Clarry Conners rates the fillies as the benchmark heading towards April's $3.5 million race.Two-year-old stakes racing swings into gear in Sydney this weeke...

Gai Waterhouse's chances of a fourth Golden Slipper received a boost when Shared Reflections put herself in the field with victory in the Sweet Embrace Stakes at Warwick Farm.The winner of the Grou...

The push towards a fifth Golden Slipper continues at Canterbury on Wednesday for trainer Clarry Conners when Suzanne and Gunhilda put their credentials on the line.Last week Irish Times and Seven F...

Sepoy was an even shorter favourite for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper after the shock defeat of Karuta Queen in Sunday's Black Opal Stakes at Canberra.Karuta Queen has long been the second favour...

BALLARAT Acceptances on Thursday 17th February, 2011TAB MEETING. Rail: +7m from 1000m - 400m, +5m 400m - WP--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-01.00 UN...

ROSEHILL Acceptances on Saturday 19th March, 2011TAB MEETING. Rail: True--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.10 BACARDI HANDICAP 1100 M Of $70000. 1s...