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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.

This is a plan with a vital stake attached. I call it The Coming of Age Plan because it is designed around the figure 21. I have been asked so many times how to control betting. It is not as easy ...

March 21Wow! what a days turmoil Rosehill could produce today as some of the races will not be as easy to the favourites as seems per the prepost odds due to the added issue of forecast rain.Race 5...

March 21Wow! what a days turmoil Rosehill could produce today as some of the races will not be as easy to the favourites as seems per the prepost odds due to the added issue of forecast rain.Race 5...

Many of us go through life thinking we understand something, or assuming something to be right, when all the time we are wrong. I spent 30 years of my life believing that the word 'nonchalant' was...

Years ago, the story was told of a Victorian bookmaker who had been a steady winner over the years as a punter. He apparently bet to win $20 every race on which he went into action and, irrespect...

Years ago, the story was told of a Victorian bookmaker who had been a steady winner over the years as a punter. He apparently bet to win $20 every race on which he went into action and, irrespect...