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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...

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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...

Luke Oliver is confident veteran sprinter Royal Ida will defy his age and run a bold first-up race in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.The trainer said the rising 10-year-old had done...

Luke Oliver is confident veteran sprinter Royal Ida will defy his age and run a bold first-up race in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.The trainer said the rising 10-year-old had done...

Luke Oliver is confident veteran sprinter Royal Ida will defy his age and run a bold first-up race in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.The trainer said the rising 10-year-old had done...

Luke Oliver is confident veteran sprinter Royal Ida will defy his age and run a bold first-up race in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.The trainer said the rising 10-year-old had done...

Luke Oliver is confident veteran sprinter Royal Ida will defy his age and run a bold first-up race in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.The trainer said the rising 10-year-old had done...

Another Tasmanian raid is planned for evergreen sprinter Royal Ida who is set to target a feature sprint double in the next month.Trainer Luke Oliver said he was keen to run Royal Ida in the Listed...