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Victoria's extreme weather conditions claimed the last two races at Wednesday's Geelong meeting as well as Thursday's Ballarat fixture due to excessive heat.The eight-race program at Gawler in Sout...
Super filly Samantha Miss warmed up for her return in next month's Light Fingers Stakes with a quiet trial at Wyong on Thursday which pleased trainer Kris Lees.As per instructions from the Newcastl...
The meteoric rise of Gold Trail continued when he out sprinted a class field in the Canterbury Classic to win the Listed race in a deceptive finish from Desuetude.It was the third successive victor...
Friday's Sandown fixture is the third meeting in two days to be abandoned due to excessive heat, with Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) calling the seven-race program off on Thursday.RVL CEO Rob Hines ...
A relieved Gary Portelli believes Over The Wicket has finally shaken off his Golden Slipper hangover and is ready to fire at Rosehill on Saturday.Over The Wicket returns to action in the Big Six Ha...
Gai Waterhouse believes blinkers will make Manhattan Rain even harder to beat on debut at Rosehill on Saturday.The much-hyped colt is providing Waterhouse with something to smile about following a ...
Greg Eurell is very confident Apache Cat can make it back-to-back wins in Saturday's Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington despite the presence of reigning Horse of the Year Weekend Hussler.Apac...
Emerging apprentice Nathan Berry's momentum has been stalled after he suffered a suspected shoulder injury in a fall at Canterbury on Thursday night.Berry's mount Trinitarian came down rounding the...
It's usually considered bad luck to wear green on a racecourse but it wasn't that way for Gai Waterhouse who got into the spirit of the carbon neutral race day at Rosehill and duly greeted three wi...
West Australian Scenic Blast beat the best sprinters in the land and gave trainer Danny Morton his first Group One winner in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington.Among those left in his wake were Wee...
In the final part of his absorbing series, PPM expert Statsman tells you more about how to be a professional punter, using $5,000 as a bank. I've talked in my two previous articles about staking ...
PROFESSIONAL punters across Australia have made it clear over the past 48 hours that Peter Moody will win Saturday's Doomben Cup in Queensland, but it won't be with the mare who this time last year...
Ask any professional punter if he's a gambler and he'll say NO! Most punters look on themselves as business people. They see their bets as investments. They set long-term goals, and they try to ru...
Alf Sorbillo an American punter who made a fortune betting on the Californian races in the 50s and 60s used to tell anyone who asked for the secret of his success: "I made my own luck." By this, ...
Jockey Danny Nikolic fronts Racing Victoria stewards next Thursday to answer a charge of contacting a professional punter during a January race meeting. Stewards quizzed Nikolic on Tuesday after be...
Last issue, Russell Clarke, one of Britain's most prominent professional punters, revealed aspects of form analysis. Drawing on his research, he concluded that weight does not have the effect univ...
Last month I stated that laststart winners repeat at about an 18 per cent strike rate, roughly twice the strike rate of horses selected at random. Backing all these last-start winners, I pointed o...
Professionals brand them the 'stingers'. It's their way of describing the often devastating effect of long losing runs. And, yes, professionals, no matter how good they are, suffer from them more ...