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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...

Glowlamp has lost the tag of Australia's best maiden after she broke through for a commanding victory on the Kensington track at Randwick.Four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer Clarry Conners was...

Tierqualo no longer has a wet-track duffer tag following his narrow victory in the Listed Falvelon Handicap at Eagle Farm.Tierqualo ($10) led all the way to record his first win since July last yea...

Are you a clever punter? Or perhaps you're a mug punter? Or perhaps something in between? Melbourne form analyst Paul Segar has advice for all punters in his excellent new book "Horse Racing Theor...

Was lived up to her lofty price-tag when making a pleasing winning debut in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at the Curragh.The daughter of Galileo, a 1.2 million guineas yearling purcha...

With the advantage of an inside alley and the engagement of top jockey Brett Prebble, Sohna should be able to shake off his bridesmaid tag in the middle pin of tonight's Triple Trio at Happy Valley...

There will be little time for celebrations for trainer Darryl Hansen if veteran sprinter Perugin Thought wins the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at Caloundra.Hansen has earned the tag as a journeyman, ...