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Rain-affected tracks have forced the abandonment of the meetings scheduled at Wangaratta (switched from Echuca) and Forbes on Monday.
In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to b...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your p...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down....
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Phi...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote thi...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year b...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the ...
Just too hot...Monday's Moe meeting has been abandoned due to the extreme weather forecast in Victoria's east. Racing Victoria made the decision af...
Rain and poor visibility have forced the abandonment of the final five races at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.The track was downgraded to a slow (6) afte...
Officials are confident Saturday's Canterbury meeting will not suffer the same fate as a number of other NSW meetings this week.The Canterbury trac...
Racing Victoria (RV) has announced the Swan Hill race meeting on Monday has been abandoned due to extreme hot weather conditions. The welfare of...
Efforts to reschedule Saturday's Warwick Farm races have failed and the meeting has officially been abandoned.Heavy rain throughout the week and ag...
Racing Queensland stewards have made an early call to abandon the Doomben meeting on Wednesday.The decision to call off the seven-event program fol...
The Group Three George Moore Stakes fell victim to the weather for the second week running following a torrential downpour and has now been abandon...
The Group Three George Moore Stakes has been transferred to next week after Saturday's Eagle Farm meeting had to be abandoned after only two races ...
Golden Slipper winner Vancouver is off to the spelling paddock - and this means he'll miss the chance of a Triple Crown attack. Trainer Gai Wa...
Persistent heavy rain has forced the abandonment of Queensland's premier midweek meeting at Doomben on Wednesday. The Ipswich meeting for Friday ha...
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In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...
Just too hot...Monday's Moe meeting has been abandoned due to the extreme weather forecast in Victoria's east. Racing Victoria made the decision after a revised temperature of 43 degrees was foreca...
Rain and poor visibility have forced the abandonment of the final five races at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.The track was downgraded to a slow (6) after the opening event but the meeting was called off...
Officials are confident Saturday's Canterbury meeting will not suffer the same fate as a number of other NSW meetings this week.The Canterbury track has been hit with 73mm of rain in recent days an...
Racing Victoria (RV) has announced the Swan Hill race meeting on Monday has been abandoned due to extreme hot weather conditions. The welfare of both horses and human participants is of the high...
Efforts to reschedule Saturday's Warwick Farm races have failed and the meeting has officially been abandoned.Heavy rain throughout the week and again overnight left surface water on the track maki...
Racing Queensland stewards have made an early call to abandon the Doomben meeting on Wednesday.The decision to call off the seven-event program followed a deluge of rain in the past seven days.Doom...
The Group Three George Moore Stakes fell victim to the weather for the second week running following a torrential downpour and has now been abandoned.The final three races at Eagle Farm on Saturday...
The Group Three George Moore Stakes has been transferred to next week after Saturday's Eagle Farm meeting had to be abandoned after only two races following damage to the track.Stewards called the ...
Golden Slipper winner Vancouver is off to the spelling paddock - and this means he'll miss the chance of a Triple Crown attack. Trainer Gai Waterhouse's decision came as something of a shock o...
Persistent heavy rain has forced the abandonment of Queensland's premier midweek meeting at Doomben on Wednesday. The Ipswich meeting for Friday has now been transferred to Tuesday week (March 5) w...