The House 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...

Big owner Lloyd Williams has got away with giving Efficient a 'barrier trial' run in a real race. The 2007 Melbourne Cup winner started at big odds and finished worse than midfield at Flemington, b...

AFTER a poor start cost her any chance of victory in last Saturday's Queensland Oaks, the John Sadler-trained Heidilicious will barrier trial at Eagle Farm this morning in a last-minute bid to forc...

Veteran stayer Efficient holds the key to crucial riding engagements in Saturday's Sydney Cup.If the Lloyd Williams-owned gelding is not among the acceptances on Thursday, weights for the 3200m Gro...

She's back...Barrier neck-turner Dariana has been cleared by Queensland Racing stewards to run in Sat's $500,000 Grp 1 Queensland Derby after trialling satisfactorily on Tuesday morning.Trainer Ton...

An enforced barrier trial on Friday will be a watershed moment in the career of talented four-year-old Top Drop.If he behaves, his trip to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions day will be assured....

Headstrong youngster Tidalzone will be out to maintain Gerald Ryan's successful association with the family when he makes his debut at Warwick Farm on Saturday.Ryan trained Tidalzone's sire, 2006 G...