Treasure State 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...

PERTH trainer Neville Parnham is heading back to the beach to have Playing God at his peak for an attempt at a hat-trick of Kingston Town Classics at Ascot on Saturday, reports The Age.It says: It ...

South Australian jumper Frenzilian will freshen up on the beach at Warrnambool after a mandatory trial to re-qualify him for the premier steeplechase races this season.Jockey Steven Pateman will ha...

South Australian jumper Frenzilian will freshen up on the beach at Warrnambool after a mandatory trial to re-qualify him for the premier steeplechase races this season.Jockey Steven Pateman will ha...

Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams will watch the performances of his two Sandown runners with anticipation with a view to them contesting premier events at his home town May carnival.Williams is...

Lightly-raced six-year-old Centurytwentyone, who came back from a serious injury early in his career, will try to make it five successive wins in Wednesday's Group Three Launceston Cup.Trainer Denn...

Lightly-raced six-year-old Centurytwentyone, who came back from a serious injury early in his career, will try to make it five successive wins in Wednesday's Group Three Launceston Cup.Trainer Denn...