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In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...
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...
He's back (almost)...Former bookmaker Neville Clements has won his appeal against his warning-off from all Victorian racecourses, but he must wait for a further appeal against a similar ruling by Q...
Gai Waterhouse is making pertinent comments about the state of on-course racing. In her website blog (www.gaiwaterhouse.com.au), the #1 Lady of Racing says: 'I was talking to a good friend of mine ...
From NEIL FRANKLYNEXTRA EXPLOSIVE3f : A Scott : Matamata4 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Dead : HeavyThis filly impressed me immensely during her fresh...
From NEIL FRANKLYNREDESSI4g : C & R Otto : Te Awamutu6 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : HeavyRedoute's Choice gelding with the ability to han...
Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my opi...
Hayden Haitana, the trainer at the centre of the infamous Fine Cotton ring-in, may soon be allowed back on a racecourse. The Queensland Sunday Mail exclusively reported today that the Queensland ...
News Ltd continues its pursuit of allegedly illegal bettors in the jockey ranks...Latest yarn claims as many as 10 jockeys face sanctions over their bets through third parties - apparently various ...
Is the day coming when many country racetracks will be scrapped and most midweek racing held at Geelong on the synthetic surface? Don't laugh. I've heard it is being seriously suggested. Latest new...
Let's go plastic...The Victorian Government will install plastic running rails at 25 of the state's country racetracks. Racing Minister Rob Hulls says the rails will be installed at the tracks over...
JOCKEY Daniel Stackhouse enhanced his reputation at Moonee Valley yesterday - perhaps enough to become recognisable on Victorian racetracks, reports the Melbourne Herald-Sun.It says: But at Echuca...