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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...

Four-time Group One winner Alamosa will use a jump-out at Sandown to tune him up for an Orr Stakes clash with stablemate Light Fantastic.Trainer Mick Price said Alamosa would trial over 950 metres ...

Four-time Group One winner Alamosa will use a jump-out at Sandown to tune him up for an Orr Stakes clash with stablemate Light Fantastic.Trainer Mick Price said Alamosa would trial over 950 metres ...

Dual classic winning filly Zarita will have her next run in the Cox Plate after connections ruled her out of Saturday's Caulfield Cup.The decision has guaranteed Godolphin's All the Good, Bart Cumm...

Classy mare Zarita will return to the scene of her two Group One victories at Morphettville in what will probably be her last start in the Group Two Queen Of The South Stakes.Zarita is unbeaten in ...

Classy mare Zarita will return to the scene of her two Group One victories at Morphettville in what will probably be her last start in the Group Two Queen Of The South Stakes.Zarita is unbeaten in ...

Outstanding mare Zarita has been retired after failing to live up to expectations in Saturday's Group Two Queen Of The South Stakes at Morphettville.The dual Group One winner ran fifth as the short...