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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...

The Melbourne Racing Club received 49 third declarations for this year's Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m). Five-time Diamond winner David Hayes has 10 horses in pursuit of the million-dollar bounty, hav...

áEconomy and Another Day."There's always another day". Nowhere is this more true than in our pursuit of the racing dollar.Tomorrow, June 6, at least two of the major meetings will be held on bottom...

Answer the following question with 100 per cent honesty: Do you have  an  actual BANK for your betting? That is, a set parcel of money purely for betting. I know most punters will answer NO (if t...

Answer the following question with 100 per cent honesty: Do you have  an  actual BANK for your betting? That is, a set parcel of money purely for betting. I know most punters will answer NO (if t...

At the moment Australian racing should be pretty pleased with itself. Booming carnivals, record prizemoney and TAB turnover reflect a healthy portrait of a flourishing industry. One aspect ?that...

Find a horse to run a place and go from that key point. Many is the punter who in rage and frustration has torn up a betting ticket on a trifecta. Know the feeling? You get 1st, 2nd and 4th, or 2...