Stipulation 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...

Australian Racing Board (ARB) chairman Andrew Harding is standing by the new whip rules but has left the door open for the Australian Jockeys' Association (AJA) to discuss the controversial changes...

Australian jockey Zac Purton lauded Hong Kong as "a place where I'm encouraged to ride winners" as he launched an attack on controversial whip rules in his home country in the wake of a double a...

Melbourne Cup winner Americain could attempt a unique Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe-Melbourne Cup double next year.The prospect was flagged by Chantilly trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre at Tuesday night's ...

When we talk about 'level stake' betting what are we really saying about our punting technique? Is the fact that we only dare bet each horse for the same amount of money indicative of cowardice or...

When we talk about 'level stake' betting what are we really saying about our punting technique? Is the fact that we only dare bet each horse for the same amount of money indicative of cowardice or...

When we talk about 'level stake' betting what are we really saying about our punting technique? Is the fact that we only dare bet each horse for the same amount of money indicative of cowardice or...