Simply Awesome Horse

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.

It wasn’t the original aim, but trainer  Troy Corstens  is hoping  Awesome Rock  can secure a valuable victory in Saturday’s Group 2 Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Doomben. Originally on a path to...

Last month in PPM, I outlined my new ratings approach for making your selections for greyhound racing. By using the ratings approach, you will boost your prospects of making money from such bett...

Last month in PPM, I outlined my new ratings approach for making your selections for greyhound racing. By using the ratings approach, you will boost your prospects of making money from such bett...

Unbeaten mare Black Caviar has produced what Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter declared a world-class performance to win the Group One Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington.Carpenter s...

The world is Peter Moody's oyster if he elects to take Black Caviar overseas but even after her effortless win in the Lightning Stakes he is still resisting the temptation.The unbeaten Black Caviar...

Deep Field lost his unbeaten record at his sixth start and first run at Group 1 level in Saturday’s $500,000 Lightning Stakes (1000m) with co-trainer John Hawkes saying he “simply wasn’t good enou...