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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...

Most horse racing staking plans tell you to bet bigger after every loser. The 10K System does the opposite — one of three betting systems Peter Travers set out for Australian punters, where the sta...

The favourite looks like the safest bet in Australian horse racing, and across 660 races counted one at a time it lost 25 per cent on turnover — even though the first favourite won 174 of them, mor...

Do lucky saddlecloth numbers win? In 2007 a Practical Punting writer counted 660 Australian horse racing results — 7,363 runners, every TAB number from one to ten — instead of arguing about it. Num...

Steven Arnold says if nothing else wants to lead in Saturday's Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield he will take up the running on odds-on favourite So You Think.The Group One weight-for-age feature attract...

One of the great talking points in racing revolves around the best way to bet, and whether there's an avenue that offers light at the end of the tunnel if you wish to veer away from the conservati...

One of the great talking points in racing revolves around the best way to bet, and whether there's an avenue that offers light at the end of the tunnel if you wish to veer away from the conservati...

Ba rt Cumming s, the biggest name in the history of Australian racing, has died. The legendary trainer, fondly known as the Cups King due to his deeds in the Melbourne Cup, had fought a variety o...

For many the Melbourne Cup is simply a four letter word - Bart.Australia's greatest living trainer is known to the once a year punter as the Cups King due to his 12 victories in the country's most ...

For many the Melbourne Cup is simply a four letter word - Bart.Australia's greatest living trainer is known to the once a year punter as the Cups King due to his 12 victories in the country's most ...