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Queensland jockey Desiree Gill has died from injuries sustained in a race fall on the Sunshine Coast. She was taken to Nambour Hospital on Saturday night in a critical condition and died on Sunday morning. The 45-year-old was an experienced rider who had spent 30 years in the industry.
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...
David Payne has snapped up Michael Rodd for the key ride on Praecido in the Spring Champion Stakes.Rodd became available for Saturday's Randwick fe...
Emperor Bonaparte survived a torrid time in Saturday's Gloaming Stakes but trainer David Payne has revealed problems with fellow three-year-olds S...
Fresh from breaking a frustrating run of outs in stakes races, David Payne will bid to snare a trio of three-year-old features at Rosehill on Satur...
In-form Peter Robl is confident Oaks-bound Reem can break a 17-year hoodoo for fillies in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes.Reem forms part of an out...
There are few similarities between Predatory Pricer and his half brother Takeover Target except, hopefully, ability.Trainer Paul Murray has Predato...
Gary Portelli is expecting vast improvement from Romanus in the Gloaming Stakes after the colt's poor effort last time out for which the trainer bl...
Complacent has swept into Victoria Derby favoritism with TAB.COM.AU . The Peter Snowden-trained 3YO is $18 into $6.50 to take out the Derb...
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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...
David Payne has snapped up Michael Rodd for the key ride on Praecido in the Spring Champion Stakes.Rodd became available for Saturday's Randwick feature meeting when the Turnbull Stakes at Flemingt...
Emperor Bonaparte survived a torrid time in Saturday's Gloaming Stakes but trainer David Payne has revealed problems with fellow three-year-olds Stripper and Baci Amore.Stripper came back from her...
Fresh from breaking a frustrating run of outs in stakes races, David Payne will bid to snare a trio of three-year-old features at Rosehill on Saturday.Payne won the Group Two Sebring Sprint with th...
In-form Peter Robl is confident Oaks-bound Reem can break a 17-year hoodoo for fillies in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes.Reem forms part of an outstanding book of Rosehill rides for the jockey who...
There are few similarities between Predatory Pricer and his half brother Takeover Target except, hopefully, ability.Trainer Paul Murray has Predatory Pricer in his care and believes he has the maki...
Gary Portelli is expecting vast improvement from Romanus in the Gloaming Stakes after the colt's poor effort last time out for which the trainer blames himself.The impeccably bred Romanus comes int...
Complacent has swept into Victoria Derby favoritism with TAB.COM.AU . The Peter Snowden-trained 3YO is $18 into $6.50 to take out the Derby following his victory in the Gloaming Stakes at ...