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In Australian horse racing the four Melbourne racecourses stand out for their complete difference to each other — and the barrier draw is worth something different at every one. Statsman takes thre...

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...

Professional gamblers call it 'deep state' handicapping: the horse racing method Bill Benter and Alan Woods used to make millions on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrat...

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...

Promising two-year-old Hot Spin has snared an extra $100,000 for his connections after scraping into the Wellington Racing Club Inglis Bonus Handicap at Caulfield.Hot Spin was first emergency for t...

A decision to dodge star colt Sepoy with the in-form Hot Spin in the Vain Stakes could pay off when he runs in Saturday's McKenzie Stakes at Moonee Valley.The Spinning World three-year-old is one o...

The Peter Moody stable will be looking for confirmation that smart juvenile Golden Archer is Group One Blue Diamond material at his home track of Caulfield on Boxing Day.Stable jockey Luke Nolen co...

Mike Moroney is eyeing next month's Group One Lightning Stakes with African Pulse who made a successful return to the track at Caulfield on Australia Day.The Johannesburg colt, sent out $1.50 favou...

Breathing easy...Takeover Target is back feeding normally again and his trainer Joe Janiak reckons the old marvel is on target to win a second KrisFlyer Sprint in Singapore on Sunday...JJ feared th...

SCENIC BLAST and Takeover Target completed their preparations for next Friday's Group 1 Darley July Cup when pleasing connections in a workout on the July course in Newmarket on Friday, reports the...