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The Lloyd Williams owned At First Sight is an early scratching from Sunday's big Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.
The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finishe...
In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don S...
There is no short cut in Australian horse racing, and Don Scott is the proof: he worked 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, at form study. Pra...
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...
Mark Kavanagh's boom stayer December Draw has firmed to $3.00 favoritism for the Caulfield Cup following his tough winning run in the Turnbull 2000...
Jockey Craig Newitt has flagged Sydney galloper Zabrasive as a big improver with blinkers back on in the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.Th...
THE two favourites for next month's Caulfield Cup will take entirely different paths to the $2.5 million race on October 15, with December Draw now...
Mark Kavanagh says the rain is not going to stop Caulfield Cup favourite December Draw from running in Sunday's Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemin...
Leading West Australian trainer Neville Parnham says Playing God hasn't peaked yet but is pretty close to it for Sunday's Group One Turnbull Stakes...
Things are looking grim for Cups hope Moudre...He looks like being shut out of a start in Sunday's Turnbull Stakes and that means he's in danger of...
No worries, mate...The spring campaign of well-backed Cups hope Shamrocker is still 'on track' despite her lacklustre performance in Sat's Underwo...
The spring hots up...Naturalism Stakes-winner Red Lord will have his next start in the Grp 1 Turnbull Stakes and trainer Anthony Cummings is quietl...
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The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...
In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...
There is no short cut in Australian horse racing, and Don Scott is the proof: he worked 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, at form study. Practical Punting's Brian Blackwell interviewed him i...
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...
Mark Kavanagh's boom stayer December Draw has firmed to $3.00 favoritism for the Caulfield Cup following his tough winning run in the Turnbull 2000m at Flemington. He's now 5.5 pts clear of second ...
Jockey Craig Newitt has flagged Sydney galloper Zabrasive as a big improver with blinkers back on in the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.The four-year-old, who finished second last in the G...
THE two favourites for next month's Caulfield Cup will take entirely different paths to the $2.5 million race on October 15, with December Draw now certain to have his final lead-up start in Sunday...
Mark Kavanagh says the rain is not going to stop Caulfield Cup favourite December Draw from running in Sunday's Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.However if the track does deteriorate from it...
Leading West Australian trainer Neville Parnham says Playing God hasn't peaked yet but is pretty close to it for Sunday's Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.Parnham is preparing the four-year-...
Things are looking grim for Cups hope Moudre...He looks like being shut out of a start in Sunday's Turnbull Stakes and that means he's in danger of missing the Caulfield Cup. Shooting star Moudre i...
No worries, mate...The spring campaign of well-backed Cups hope Shamrocker is still 'on track' despite her lacklustre performance in Sat's Underwood. Trainer Danny O'Brien says the mare will conti...
The spring hots up...Naturalism Stakes-winner Red Lord will have his next start in the Grp 1 Turnbull Stakes and trainer Anthony Cummings is quietly confident. He says: ''Red Lord is ticking over v...