Ziggy Stardust Horse

A professional horse racing handicapper on why a betting plan that once paid can stop working, and why, after a frustrating two hours of placed win bets, he still won't bet them to place. In Februa...

How much would you need to bet on every race to make a second income from horse racing? One punter hoped to win $40,000 a year to double his income, and when his betting plan was worked through rac...

Does a horse racing tipster actually bet his own picks? Joe Kristufek picks every race, every day, for a Chicago newspaper, and he answers that straight: his original selections are only a foundati...

Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...

Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, and a bet on the one whose name you liked. Writing in Practical Punting in September 2000, Richard Hartley Jnr...

Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing", as Richard Hartley Jnr put it in Practical Punti...

Beautifully-bred filly Plucky Belle has landed her first metropolitan win at Sandown and leading trainer Peter Moody believes she will graduate to stakes class given time.The three-year-old is a da...

Danny O'Brien believes So You Think's half-brother Now You Know is a stakes-class horse in the making after he led all the way for his first metropolitan win at Sandown.The Elusive City colt was bo...

Jason McLachlan declared he was still learning the training trade after speedster Silvern broke through for his first city win in almost a year at Eagle Farm.Silvern, ridden by Eddie Wilkinson, led...

Spring plans for unbeaten colt Smart Missile are still to be determined but the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington is looming as a major goal.The youngster is raced by Eduardo Cojuangco's...

One of Australia's oldest metropolitan jockeys has been called on to help revive the career of one of the most precocious talents in Sydney's newly-crowned premier stable.Rodney Quinn, 50, emerged ...

Pony-sized mare Placement claimed just her second win from 28 starts at Sandown following a succession of minor placings.The four-year-old appreciated the light weight (51.5kg) after the claim for ...