The Mediator Horse

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...

In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...

At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...

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...

Efforts are underway to appoint a mediator to help resolve the jockeys' dispute which threatens the multi-million dollar spring carnival.Race meetings around the country were halted on Thursday whe...

Efforts are underway to appoint a mediator to help resolve the jockeys' dispute which threatens the multi-million dollar spring carnival.Race meetings around the country were halted on Thursday whe...

ARB chief Bob Bentley has dismissed the participation of owners, trainers and breeders in 'peace talks' to settle the whip crisis. In what will be seen as a contemptuous slap in the face for some o...

The relationship between Randwick trainers and the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) remains tense amid reports the main stable blocks on the High Street side of the course are to be demolished to make ...