Spotted Horse

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...

The Gai Waterhouse camp says Theseo is in mint condition for Saturday's Group One Ranvet Stakes despite a boil on his back which caused some concern when recently spotted by his owners.Theseo is th...

From NEIL FRANKLYNRIOMORAL3g : K McQuade : Matamata4 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : DeadThis sparingly raced individual looks highly talent...

Don't rinse your mouth out with beer - at least not next to the barrier stalls just before a race and where you can be spotted and dobbed-in by the Official Starter! Danny Nikolic has learned this ...

Prominent owner-breeders Geoff and Beryl White are hoping Canberra Guineas winner Tobique can follow the path blazed by their recently retired champion Eremein to the AJC Australian Derby.The colt ...

Prominent owner-breeders Geoff and Beryl White are hoping Canberra Guineas winner Tobique can follow the path blazed by their recently retired champion Eremein to the AJC Australian Derby.The colt ...

Trainer Trevor Bailey declared promising youngster Excapishe the "real deal" following the gelding's explosive win at Doomben.Excapishe, ridden by Scott Galloway, led comfortably before extending h...