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Trainer Tony Vasil will decide after trackwork on Thursday morning whether to back up in-form mare Bird Of Fire in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Classic.The four-year-old daughter of Stravinsky woul...
Promising three-year-old Arjuna will go into his spring grand final a fresh horse in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Guineas.Trainer John Collins said he was always going to give the Giant's Causeway ...
Talented gelding Caymans mended his ways to win today's Group Two Sandown Guineas and give himself a chance at the cream of the three-year-old autumn races in Sydney.Trainer Peter Snowden listed th...
Douro Valley could be Australia's sole representative at the rich international meeting in Hong Kong.Although disappointed the gelding was beaten by Zipping in Saturday's Sandown Classic, trainer D...
Promising stayer Circle Of Fame is beginning to justify trainer Rod Craig's faith in his ability and will step up to open company at Randwick on Saturday.The four-year-old has won two of his four s...
The moment of truth will soon arrive for up-and-coming star Burdekin Blues who is back in work ahead of his tilt at Group One glory in Melbourne in the autumn.Burdekin Blues has been in work with t...
Jockey Stathi Katsidis is expected to be sidelined for up to three months after breaking his leg in a track mishap.Katsidis is due to be released from Redlands Hospital on Brisbane's bayside on Thu...
Heavy rain has forced Wednesday's Doomben race meeting to be abandoned.Queensland Racing Limited chief steward Reid Sanders had no hesitation calling off the meeting after Doomben was drenched foll...
Rookie trainer Eden Petrie is hoping more than two decades studying the methods of Ron Quinton and John Wallace will pay dividends and give him his first metropolitan win with talented sprinter Alb...
Melbourne Cup winner Viewed is expected to launch his autumn carnival campaign in a race that has twice confirmed the genius of trainer Bart Cummings.As Viewed rests in a paddock near Bowral in the...
Not long after I took up punting, at the age of just 16, I began to bet on trifectas. I confess that the prospect of winning big for a small outlay was my main motivating factor! I now know that ...
Does 'value' exist BEFORE a race? Or is it only in existence AFTER a race when the winner is known? These are just two of the many questions that crop up when any discussion of the concept of valu...
A friend of mine told me recently that he always knew when he was getting a 'value' price on a selection. He experienced, he said, a tremendous rush of anticipation a tingling feeling he often fel...
Is life becoming easier for the punter who likes the classy odds on favourites? So far this autumn it seems like it is as the top notch horses like Black Caviar, Denman and now Typhoon Tracy have r...
Back in 1987, I interviewed professional punter Don Scott. He was hailed as the 'greatest' ratings guru of them all. His books were best-sellers. At the time, Don had more or less given up going ...
The term 'overlay' betting has been used a great deal in recent times. What it really means is 'value' securing a better price about a horse than its true chance reflects. It attempts to take the...
I there's one thing that just about all professionals agree on it's this: Compile your own set of odds on each race you plan to bet. It's simple advice, but vital. To succeed in your betting (at ...