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The Christmas Stakes at Caulfield will be one the last chances for consistent galloper Itsamonty to win a feature race.Trainer Dean Lawson admitted time was running out for the seven-year-old who h...
Craig Williams will be trying to extend his unbeaten record on Amberino in the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield.Trainer John Moloney said he was pleased to engage Williams for the five-year-...
Maligned galloper Mind Your Head has rewarded the patience of his connections and delivered on a six month plan to give trainer John Ledger his second Christmas Stakes win in three years.The six-ye...
Trainer Liam Birchley is eyeing his first international runner after flashy juvenile Sarge in Charge trounced his rivals at Eagle Farm to earn a trip to New Zealand.Birchley confirmed after Friday'...
Jeff Lloyd has officially been cleared to resume riding at Randwick this week.Concussed and hospitalised after a race fall in which Blake Shinn and Peter Robl were also injured, Lloyd said he would...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will stick with Eclipse Stakes winner Eskimo Dan in a bid to win his first Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington.Oliver had his first ride on Eskimo Dan last start when ...
Terry O'Sullivan says the extra distance of this season's Bagot Handicap, run over 2800 metres for the first time, could be the key for Ladies In Luck posting her first feature race win.Ladies In L...
Larry Cassidy will have one of his last feature rides as a Sydney-based jockey when he partners Sir Sensible in the Listed Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick on New Year's Day.The New Zealand-born Ca...
International sprint champion Takeover Target will not run in the Group One Telegraph Handicap in New Zealand.Trainer Joe Janiak told the Wellington Racing Club (WRC) on Friday the globe-trotting n...
Luke Oliver's faith in consistent stayer Good Red was rewarded when the gelding delivered on a seven-month plan to give the trainer the biggest win of his career at Flemington.Oliver pulled the ace...
Olivier Doleuze has limbered up and is ready for some proper action as the build-up towards the feature races begins, and an upset win in today's Jockey Challenge at Sha Tin should be a perfect sc...
I have often wondered why so many punters fail to study harness racing form. I should have realised that it's all due to a lack of education. Not on the punters' side but on the harness racing o...
The formline grid can be a most useful addition to your handicapping armoury for the dogs. All you do is go through the form and allot ‘ticks’ for each of the listed factors (see the grid below). ...
Firstly, I want to thank those many readers who have contacted me following my Rapide Ratings article in the November 2004 PPM. It’s pleasing to know that greyhound fans among us were quick to pu...
Horses for courses. We've all heard the phrase, but have you ever thought about applying it to finding winners at the greyhound track? This information is often overlooked. Does the greyhound you...
As with horseracing, it’s good to review your handicapping approach, and to take stock of what makes greyhound racing “tick” over as far as facts and stats are concerned. There are a few websit...
Understanding harness racing form can be a tricky task - all those mile rates and class changes. My point is, don't concern yourself too much with the intricacies but concentrate on some plain bu...
I have been having quite a few lengthy discussions with The 'Barker' (George Bellfield) and he has been doing an in-depth analysis of dog barriers (or boxes, as they are called by followers of the...
Paul Wishe, 33, has been following harness racing from his schooldays in Melbourne. He now lives in Sydney, runs a business consultancy and bets 'semi-professionally' on Sydney and Melbourne tro...
I get a lot of mail from fans concerned because they are consistently losing. These fans ask how to bet to win. I have no quick-fix method to pass on. It takes a lot of work to become a winner in ...