Without Horse

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...

Most punters back each-way without ever pricing it. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: an each-way bet is not one bet with a safety net, it is two bets sold in a single tra...

Most punters pick the right horse and still take the wrong odds. This is horse racing betting from 1988 that still holds up: the same selection, a better price, and the four seconds that pay for it.

Most punters read a form guide without ever deciding which parts of it matter. This is horse racing form study from 1992 that still holds up: what a formline tells you, and what it quietly hides.

John Singleton made a good point when he asked what would racing be without Gai Waterhouse? The eccentric multi-millionire says: 'Gai is a genius - imagine what racing would be without her!' Person...

Bart Cummings will decide on race day whether Without Compromise runs in Saturday's Listed Civic Stakes at Rosehill.Without Compromise is a dual acceptor for the meeting, down to run in both the 14...

Bart Cummings will decide on race day whether Without Compromise runs in Saturday's Listed Civic Stakes at Rosehill.Without Compromise is a dual acceptor for the meeting, down to run in both the 14...

HOW TO WIN WITHOUT BACKING A WINNER.I read this on Michael's copy for the next magazine (June issue) and I sort of "borrowed" it. Mike's version is much longer but I couldn't restrain myself.On Sat...

She's in but out...Superstar Black Caviar has stifled betting on Saturday's Grp 2 Schweppes Stakes at Moonee Valley. The unbeaten mare who is shooting for win number 15 will face just four rivals i...

Wow! What would racing be without blokes like Glen Boss? He's a colorful character in a world that seems to frown on them these days. Bossy's joy at winning the Cox Plate on Ocean Park was infectio...