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New Zealand trainer Alexander Fieldes says owner Kevin Myers will probably take the harder option with Capecover by running him in Friday night's JRA Cup at Moonee Valley over Saturday's RM Ansett ...
Lee Freedman is hoping Fly Higher can defy a moderate fillies record and give him his second Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.Only six fillies in the last 50 years, including just...
New Zealander Capecover could be a surprise starter in next Saturday's Metropolitan Handicap in a bid to cement a Caulfield Cup berth.Capecover as doing his best work late when seventh in the JRA C...
Plans to start the promising Iamzeus in next month's $1 million Caulfield Guineas are in danger after his narrow defeat at Flemington.Trainer Danny O'Brien was counting on the colt winning the Lord...
A 12-month spending spree on yearlings and tried horses is poised to return its first major spring dividend for Nathan Tinkler at Randwick on Saturday.Tinkler, last week named at the top of BRW's Y...
Trainer Mark Kavanagh is looking to strengthen his claims on the Caulfield Guineas-Thousand Guineas double when Cats Whisker backs up in Saturday's Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington.Ka...
Jockey Hugh Bowman has not heard from Samantha Miss' trainer Kris Lees this week and that's the way he likes it.The star filly will become the first horse since Angst in 1993 to win all four legs o...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has warmed up for Saturday's Turnbull Stakes meeting with five winners at Geelong.Oliver rode the winners of the first five races and his haul included a quartet for t...
Trainer Mathew Ellerton finds himself in familiar territory with Sunburnt Land who is first emergency for Saturday's Gilgai Stakes at Flemington.This is the third time this spring the five-year-old...
Julia Ritchie has been involved in breeding and racing horses all her life and has collected a fair share of Group One trophies.She has never won a Metropolitan Handicap or a Melbourne Cup but is d...
It's always an absorbing talking point in racing to discuss 'where' the winners come from in a race. How many horses lead all the way? How many come from the first few on the turn? How many come f...
As any old-time punter would tell you, there never was such a thing as biased tracks 'back in the good old days'! True or not, it really doesn't matter as today we live and punt in a very differe...
In this article, our senior contributor E. J. Minnis replies to queries sent in by PPM readers. Paul Guidara is a Melbourne based reader of Practical Punting Monthly and a very keen form student...
One of the great mysteries of racing has always been the subject of 'pace', or how a race will be run. Some races, mainly the shorter sprints, speak for themselves. We know that a 1000m Lightning...
Samaready and Pierro have justified their favoritism in TAB Sportsbet's Golden Slipper market. Taking out the Reisling Slipper Trial and Todman Slipper Trial respectively, the pair solidified their...
In this article, our senior contributor E.J. Minnis replies to queries sent in by PPMreaders. Please send any questions to: The Editor, PPM, PO Box 551, Dee Why, NSW 2099. The publication of the ...
In a paper on horse racing put together by three members of Curtin University (West Australia) Department of Finance and Banking, there is a succinct paragraph about barrier positions. It s...
There are man patterns in racing. Horses tend to race in a certain 'pattern' and often you discern coming winners by looking for changes in the way a horse runs from race to race. Some years ago,...