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Where have all the jockeys gone? Not up north, for sure. Just Racing reports: 'It is...a fact that such is the shortage of riders in one of Australia's tourist capitals - Cairns - that the club there has had to go to the extraordinary lengths of liaising with the Federal Immigration Department to bring apprentices across from Singapore. One such young person arrived in Cairns last Wednesday after what was best described as a "long drawn out process" - to cover all bases in respect of i
Where have all the jockeys gone? Not up north, for sure. Just Racing reports: 'It is...a fact that such is the shortage of riders in one of Australia's tourist capitals - Cairns - that the club there has had to go to the extraordinary lengths of liaising with the Federal Immigration Department to bring apprentices across from Singapore. One such young person arrived in Cairns last Wednesday after what was best described as a "long drawn out process" - to cover all bases in respect of immigration laws...The Cairns Jockey Club is trying to secure another young person from Singapore as well, to help out with the shortfall of track work riders and jockeysdomiciled in that city.'
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...
ROSEHILL1 Brunner $2,000 @ $6, $1,800 @ $6.50, $1,300 @ $5 ($6 into $4.20)2 Battant $5,000 @ $4.80, $3333 @ $44 Green Beret $5,800 @ $2.70, $3,500 ...
Big hits and misses by punters on Saturday's racing (figs from TAB Sportsbet):RosehillRace 6 - Scarf (winner)Heavily backed with some of the bets t...
Big hits and misses from Saturday's racing (TAB Sportsbet):CAULFIELDRace ThreeThere's Only One ($3.80-$2.60) $5,000 at $3.50, $8,000 at $3. UNPLACE...
ROSEHILL1 Flying Snitzel $6,000 @ $2.15, $5,000 @ $2.20 (twice) - $3.60 into $2.152 Zaratone $13 into $7.50, Master Of Design $5,000 @ $4.80 - $13 ...
Punters hit the mark on some horses, but missed on others in major races on Saturday, according to TAB Sportsbet. White Universe had a flood of mon...
Big Hits and Misses on Cox Plate Day:Moonee ValleyDiamond Earth (race 1, winner) - Opened $31 into $9.50 into $9.00)Swipeline (race 1, 3rd) - $8,00...
FLEMINGTON1 Real Stolle - Opened $31, today $15 into $132 He's Remarkable ($3,000 @ $3.90), Eraset $8.50 into $5.503 Con Act $20,000 @ $10, Musical...
Big hits, big misses...Several runners were well backed across Australia on Saturday with punters faring okay on both sides of the ledger, says TAB...
Cavalry Rose helped punters get the cash in the 2YO Inglis Classic at Rosehill Gardens. Opening at $3.50 she was crunched into $3.00 with punters o...
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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...
ROSEHILL1 Brunner $2,000 @ $6, $1,800 @ $6.50, $1,300 @ $5 ($6 into $4.20)2 Battant $5,000 @ $4.80, $3333 @ $44 Green Beret $5,800 @ $2.70, $3,500 @ $3.20, $4,000 @ $3, $3,800 @ $3.60, $3,500 @ $3....
Big hits and misses by punters on Saturday's racing (figs from TAB Sportsbet):RosehillRace 6 - Scarf (winner)Heavily backed with some of the bets taken on the winner being $4,500 @ $3.60, $4,000 @ ...
Big hits and misses from Saturday's racing (TAB Sportsbet):CAULFIELDRace ThreeThere's Only One ($3.80-$2.60) $5,000 at $3.50, $8,000 at $3. UNPLACEDRace FourPronto Pronto ($7,500 each-way at $14) U...
ROSEHILL1 Flying Snitzel $6,000 @ $2.15, $5,000 @ $2.20 (twice) - $3.60 into $2.152 Zaratone $13 into $7.50, Master Of Design $5,000 @ $4.80 - $13 into $5.50 then into $4.403 Mosheen $8,000 @ $1.45...
Punters hit the mark on some horses, but missed on others in major races on Saturday, according to TAB Sportsbet. White Universe had a flood of money for it to win race 7 at Flemington and it prove...
Big Hits and Misses on Cox Plate Day:Moonee ValleyDiamond Earth (race 1, winner) - Opened $31 into $9.50 into $9.00)Swipeline (race 1, 3rd) - $8,000 @ $3.10, $3,500 @ $3.10, $3.00 @ $3.25Lamingtons...
FLEMINGTON1 Real Stolle - Opened $31, today $15 into $132 He's Remarkable ($3,000 @ $3.90), Eraset $8.50 into $5.503 Con Act $20,000 @ $10, Musical Hit $12 out to $135 Black Caviar $100,000 @ $1.07...
Big hits, big misses...Several runners were well backed across Australia on Saturday with punters faring okay on both sides of the ledger, says TAB Sportsbet. Elusive King had a flood of money come...
Cavalry Rose helped punters get the cash in the 2YO Inglis Classic at Rosehill Gardens. Opening at $3.50 she was crunched into $3.00 with punters only really wanting her and runner-up Diamond Earth...