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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...

Steven Arnold has been booked to ride UK star Mull of Killough in the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam says it's fantastic to have secured the services of such an experienced ...

So You Think's jockey Steven Arnold has been outed for his ride on the star stayer in the Mackinnon - but he will still be aboard him in the Melbourne Cup. Stewards say Arnold allowed the dual Cox ...

That cleanout at Lloyd Williams's stables has included jockey Steven Arnold. He's got the heave-ho after some good years riding for the tycoon. Trainer John Sadler is out as well. Arnold says: 'It ...

Warrnambool trainer Ciaron Maher says eight-year-old Geeorb is a better horse than a year a year ago when he emerged as one of Victoria's top jumpers.The Encosta De Lago gelding made his jumps debu...

Warrnambool trainer Ciaron Maher says eight-year-old Geeorb is a better horse than a year a year ago when he emerged as one of Victoria's top jumpers.The Encosta De Lago gelding made his jumps debu...

Warrnambool trainer Ciaron Maher says eight-year-old Geeorb is a better horse than a year a year ago when he emerged as one of Victoria's top jumpers.The Encosta De Lago gelding made his jumps debu...