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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...

Solid field sizes, a couple of races full to capacity, providing true pace, no sign of track bias and some brilliant navigation all made for an interesting day's racing. The type you want to bet on...

Douglas Whyte's powers of navigation will be tested, but Go Baby Go still looks the one they have to topple in the Pearce Memorial Challenge Cup (1,000m) at Sha Tin today. The racecourse debut of G...

Chris Waller declared ageless Jim Cassidy still deserves a place among the world's elite jockeys after two contrasting rides produced winning results for the premier Sydney trainer."I've never look...

First Sight Love  was 10th across the line but still hard to miss at his first run back for a new campaign two weeks ago at Happy Valley, but the Ireland Trophy, over 1,650m at the course tonigh...

Country trainer Bridget Jones' only concern ahead of Saturday's Tramway Handicap is getting Murray's Sun to Randwick without seeing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.The six-year-old, who has nine wins fro...

Country trainer Bridget Jones' only concern ahead of Saturday's Tramway Handicap is getting Murray's Sun to Randwick without seeing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.The six-year-old, who has nine wins fro...