Starman 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.

Trainer Rob Heathcote believes weight students should maintain their faith in talented filly Fillydelphia when she takes another step on the Group One Queensland Oaks path at Doomben.Fillydelphia w...

Trainer Rex Lipp is hopeful barrier rogue Dual Chamber will be on her best behaviour to overcome a poor Doomben record and earn a winter carnival campaign.Dual Chamber has started six times at Doom...

Outstanding three-year-old filly  Ygritte  will run in the $1 million Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens on September 13. Trainer Gerald Ryan today told Racing Network it was a $1 million ra...

Mick Price is happy with his decision to run Dubleanny against her own sex at Caulfield on Saturday rather than in Group One company a week later.The five-year-old's outstanding record of seven win...

Trainer Tom Hughes has decided not to back smart mare Miss Octopussy up at Flemington on Saturday following her impressive win at Caulfield.The four-year-old was one of 18 nominations for the Natio...

Ready To Lift is off and running for the Melbourne Cup...Her powerful win over 2000m at Rosehill was a clear sign she's right back to her best after 3 runs from a spell. She'll have her next start ...