Twilight Boom 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...

It HappensNow and again a day comes up when you wish you'd never bought the form guides, never even got out of bed. This happened to me on May 9.If a raw novice looked at the results, he'd probably...

The best advice anyone can hand out as far as 'money management' is concerned in betting is that you adopt a safety first approach. It may seem dull and lacking the excitement of risk-taking but, ...

The best advice anyone can hand out as far as 'money management' is concerned in betting is that you adopt a safety first approach. It may seem dull and lacking the excitement of risk-taking but, ...

There are still 10 Group One races to be decided in Sydney before the end of the month but Gai Waterhouse is already thinking beyond the autumn carnival.In a dream start to the Sydney carnival, Wat...

An ambitious plan formulated at a minor New Zealand horse sale a year ago had its crowning moment on Australasia's biggest stage when Sangster won the Victoria Derby at Flemington.The victory over ...

An ambitious plan formulated at a minor New Zealand horse sale a year ago had its crowning moment on Australasia's biggest stage when Sangster won the Victoria Derby at Flemington.The victory over ...