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Queensland's star two-year-old Paprika was to undergo surgery on Tuesday for a minor cartilage tear which has ruled her out of the $3.5 million Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill in April.Trainer Li...
Kiss Of The Dragon's past three starts have produced three second placings, and each time he has edged closer to a win.Trainer Rod Craig earmarked a 1300-metre race at his home track of Warwick Far...
Rostova justified her high rating for the Blue Diamond Stakes with a slashing first-up win in a preview for fillies at Caulfield on Monday.The daughter of Testa Rossa had been regarded as the most ...
The addition of blinkers and a reunion with Nash Rawiller gave Zavite the impetus he needed to get back on the winners' list for the first time in more than a year when he took out the Australia Da...
Gai Waterhouse's confidence in two-year-old Manhattan Rain has been further boosted by Real Saga's winning return to racing.An Encosta De Lago half brother to super sire Redoute's Choice, Manhattan...
A lifestyle choice and the chance to ride overseas have led jockey Paul Hammersley to try his luck in Macau for a three-month stint from early next month.Hammersley, who will have only two rides at...
Dean Hawthorne didn't intend to buy anything but stayers when he arrived at the Karaka yearling sales last week.However, the Waikato bloodstock agent ended up paying $NZ625,000 ($A504,398.35) for a...
The Darren Weir-trained Time Matters showed the benefit of being taken to the beach at Warrnambool between runs when he easily won the Barton Stakes at Caulfield.The Gilded Time gelding had won six...
The battle between Lee Freedman and David Hayes with their juveniles continues at Sandown on Friday when they come up against each other in the Shame Plate with Colour and Nasemah respectively.The ...
Sydney's two metropolitan horse racing clubs may merge in response to the global economic downturn, industry chiefs say.NSW Gaming and Racing Minister Kevin Greene on Wednesday convened a meeting o...
Ask any serious punter about the virtues of place betting and you will realise it would have been a good idea to bring a chair with you. And a packed lunch as well, with a thermos of coffee. This...
Is it advisable to concentrate on small win bets and big place bets on your selections? In this article, PPM's Rick Hunter gives his views. It doesn't matter how good a selector you are, there wi...
A question that pops up repeatedly is whether it’s better to bet for a win, a place or each way. I decided some years ago that place betting was not profitable. At least, not when I used my own ...
I was recently asked about place betting (duh . . . what’s new? you probably just muttered). Fair comment, too. But place betting has been a subject of many systems and many of my own articles o...
Are you a conservative punter? You probably are (and whether conservative or not, you will be interested not only in this article but in Neale Yardley's feature, Avoid Risk-Win! in this issue). Mo...
There is a lot written about punting off course these days that is absolute nonsense. Most punting is conducted off course, and, unless the tracks have a sudden rush of blood and do something real...