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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...

A clean sweep of the major juvenile races in Queensland awaits star Queensland youngster Sizzling following his spectacular win in the Group Two Champagne Classic at Doomben.Sizzling ($1.55 fav) st...

No-one is looking forward to Melito's seasonal debut more than trainer Gerald Ryan, who has no qualms about the mare taking on Hay List and Hot Danish at Moonee Valley.The reigning NSW Horse of the...

The confusingly named Prince Jewellery & Watch Premier Cup (1,000m) is also probably the most disappointing Class One feature of recent seasons but it could prove a valuable event for Tony Cru...

The moment of truth will soon arrive for up-and-coming star Burdekin Blues who is back in work ahead of his tilt at Group One glory in Melbourne in the autumn.Burdekin Blues has been in work with t...

Rachel Alexandra became the first female to win the prestigious Woodward Stakes in the United States on Saturday, holding off Macho Again by a head and leaving six others in her wake.The star three...

Rachel Alexandra became the first female to win the prestigious Woodward Stakes in the United States on Saturday, holding off Macho Again by a head and leaving six others in her wake.The star three...