Menu
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...
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...
Plans to run Group One winner Northern Meteor in England have been cancelled by the colt's owner, Eduardo Cojuangco of Gooree Stud.Trainer Gai Waterhouse was keen to campaign the colt at Royal Asco...
Fair Trade came into Australian Guineas calculations in a big way when he made it two Flemington wins from as many starts with an impressive victory in the CS Hayes Stakes.The Danewin gelding had b...
Diminutive but gutsy filly Romneya, who was consistently thereabouts during the spring without winning, made up for it with her success in the Group Three The Vanity at Flemington.Weighing in at ar...
Toowoomba sprinter Azzaland convinced trainer Ritchie Stephenson he was worthy of an interstate campaign following a narrow win at Doomben.Backing up following his six-length defeat by Burdekin Blu...
A return to winning form has expanded the options for Zavite with trainer Anthony Cummings eyeing races like the Hobart and Adelaide Cups.Zavite won the Australia Day Cup (2400m) at Randwick to rec...
It's the start of a new season again. A time to look back, and, more importantly, to look ahead. We look back to analyse what we did right and what we did wrong. If possible, we don't want to mak...
I am always advocating that you should have a betting bank, then one, two or three systems to follow. Each system needs its own betting bank. If your betting bank is $1000 for each, then you will ...
When did you last have an attack of the “what ifs”? I feel that they fall into three categories – the impossible, the improbable and the feasible. “What if I had been born rich” or “what if I ha...
I have created more systems than I have eaten hot dinners, and in my everlasting quest for something different, I have come up with a plan that's a bit odd. Some readers would have thought of the...
Bet five horses in a race? Make a profit? Well, at first glance, it seems a pretty tough task to extract a profit from such a situation. Much depends on the prices available. The 'saver' multiple...
In my time as a punter, I've done some pretty stupid things. I guess we all have at one time or another. I recall that my very worst mistake (or DUMB move) occurred at a Flemington meeting back i...