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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...
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...
Star Queensland sprinter Burdekin Blues is heading to Sydney for a dress rehearsal before his Newmarket Handicap mission.The four-year-old will leave Brisbane by float on Tuesday and race in either...
Coniston Bluebird's chances of competing in the New Zealand Derby are improving with trainer Bede Murray saying he is more than a 50 per cent chance to make the trip.Murray said there were excuses ...
A decision on an Expressway Stakes start for Patinack Farm's flagship sprinter Raheeb will be left until later this week.Raheeb is among 10 nominations for the Expressway at Rosehill but trainer Ja...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will test the Blue Diamond Stakes credentials of Real Saga when the exciting Sydney colt makes his much anticipated Melbourne debut.Unbeaten in two starts, Real Saga i...
The depth of nominations for the CF Orr Stakes has prompted trainer David Payne to keep Gallant Tess in Sydney and delay her tilt at an overdue Group One victory.There were 16 entries for Saturday'...
Darren Beadman will return to race riding in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a month on the sidelines due to injury.Beadman obtained a medical clearance on Friday and also passed a crucial test when h...
If you know how your odds are related to percentages it is easy to pick out two or more horses and them to make you a profit, no matter which ones win. Professional punters use this approach all t...
The fundamentals of betting to percentages continue to plague many punters, specially newcomers to the betting game. I suppose that an education in betting via the tote machine doesn't do much for...
Why is it that punters who back favourites continue to take a pretty hefty beating at the races? It's worth really taking a close look at favourites, and betting on them. Firstly, we'll look at t...
According to some racing people a horse will be fine on a slow or heavy track because the sire was a proven wet tracker. Another comment I have heard is "the mother was terrific in the wet". It fas...
Action on doubles betting offers the small punter a good chance of reaping big rewards; without much of the agony involved in trifecta betting. I've always been a fan of doubles, possibly because ...
I was having a few beers recently with a keen punting friend of mine and during the inevitable racing discussions he emphatically stated he would not back any horse under $3.00 (2/1) though he did...