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Toowoomba mare Dance Girl Dance may have booked herself a trip to Sydney following her victory in the Fujitsu Australia Handicap at Doomben.Dance Girl Dance took another step towards being Queensla...
Revitalised stayer Zavite's Hobart Cup mission could signal the beginning of an ambitious three-state campaign.Trainer Anthony Cummings said a good performance from the six-year-old in Monday's $40...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver remains cautious about Real Saga's chances of beating Rostova in the Blue Diamond Stakes despite the colt running nearly a second faster than the filly in their respec...
First-up specialist Tesbury Jack has unexpectedly been saddled with a daunting assignment against Australia's best sprinters Weekend Hussler and Apache Cat in the Australia Stakes after bushfires s...
Darren Weir and Craig Williams combined for the second successive year when Gotta Keep Cool scored a game win in the $400,000 Hobart Cup.The Ballarat trainer and Melbourne's three-time premier jock...
Tasmania's best weight-for-age galloper delighted the big crowd at Hobart when he held on to win the Thomas Lyons Stakes by a nose, giving trainer Charlie Goggin his fourth win in the Listed race.C...
Robert Smerdon, who almost sacked Cabazon as a two-year-old, was rewarded for a change of heart when she won the Strutt Stakes at Elwick in Hobart.Smerdon said he had all but given up on the daught...
Time Thief pleased Lee Freedman in a jumpout at his Markdel training establishment on Tuesday ahead of the classy colt taking on multiple Group One winners Weekend Hussler and Apache Cat in Saturda...
Trainer Gary Portelli has big plans for regally-bred two-year-old Mirrasalo who makes her debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, but he is in no hurry this campaign with the filly he believes will dev...
Iamzeus, one of Danny O'Brien's three Australian Guineas prospects, makes his much-anticipated return to racing when he takes on older horses in the Betfair Handicap at Sandown on Wednesday.The O'R...
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 ...