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The future of Victoria Derby winner Polanski hangs in the balance after the three-year-old copped a serious leg injury in the Group I Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Polanski suddenly came under pressure nearing the home turn and finished tailed off. Jockey Dean Yendall dismounted 400 metres after the finish line and returned to scale on foot while vets attended to Polanski. The initial prognosis indicated Polanski had badly injured his near fore pastern but a later examination at the Caulfield Equine Centre suggested that the injury appeared to be confined to a tendon. Even on the best assumptions, Polanski is unlilely to race again this season.
Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the boar...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, and a bet on the one whose name you liked. Writing in Practi...
Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing"...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back....
Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Wri...
Before you rate a single horse, Australian horse racing form study starts with a question about the race itself: is it even worth analysing? Writin...
Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could ...
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...
THE Victoria Racing Club's dream of making this year's 150th Melbourne Cup a vintage event took a significant turn for the better yesterday when Ir...
Will wily old Dermot Weld be back with Profound Beauty for this year's Melbourne Cup? Oh yes, could be! The hardy mare took the first step with a f...
Dermot Weld is up to his old tricks again, and this time it's the 'will he, won't he' game with his Melbourne Cup contender Profound Beauty. Althou...
Looks like the irish master-blaster Dermot Weld is VERY keen to win the Melbourne Cup with Profound Beauty...She showed her class with a bold win i...
Dermot Weld’s Pale Mimosa overnight went into quarantine in England for a possible trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup. A final decision on ...
Dermot's heading back...Irish trainer Dermot Weld is planning another Melbourne Cup attack with Profound Beauty, who ran 5th last year. She boosted...
Dermot Weld’s Pale Mimosa was beaten into third place in France overnight after being taken out of quarantine for Australia. She was being prep...
Dermot Weld's Melbourne Cup hope Profound Beauty has been btn into 2nd place in the Grp 1 2800m Curragh Cup in Ireland. The mare, who ran 5th in th...
The odds won't be anything flashy but three-year-old Rapper Dragon should cement his place as one of the rising stars for next season's classics...
Dermot's on the way...Champion Irish trainer Dermot Weld - the grumpy face of Irish racing - has confirmed he will start one of his nominations in ...
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Australian horse racing form study usually stops at picking the horse: you do the form, then walk up and take whatever price is showing on the board. In Practical Punting in October 2000, Richard H...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, and a bet on the one whose name you liked. Writing in Practical Punting in September 2000, Richard Hartley Jnr...
Track conditions and weight are the two Australian horse racing form factors most punters skim over — "the in-a-hurry punters of modern day racing", as Richard Hartley Jnr put it in Practical Punti...
Australian horse racing form study often ends the same way: an hour on the form guide, half the field circled, and still no idea which one to back. Writing in Practical Punting Magazine, Richard Ha...
Most of a Saturday card is not worth studying — which is why Australian horse racing form study starts with picking the race, not the horse. Writing in Practical Punting in June 2000, Richard Ha...
Before you rate a single horse, Australian horse racing form study starts with a question about the race itself: is it even worth analysing? Writing in Practical Punting in May 2000, Richard Hartle...
Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could put a figure on the race, then a figure on every r...
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 ...
THE Victoria Racing Club's dream of making this year's 150th Melbourne Cup a vintage event took a significant turn for the better yesterday when Irish trainer Dermot Weld indicated that his mare Pr...
Will wily old Dermot Weld be back with Profound Beauty for this year's Melbourne Cup? Oh yes, could be! The hardy mare took the first step with a first-up win at Leopardstown on Sunday. The UK webs...
Dermot Weld is up to his old tricks again, and this time it's the 'will he, won't he' game with his Melbourne Cup contender Profound Beauty. Although the mare has gone into quarantine, Dermot is st...
Looks like the irish master-blaster Dermot Weld is VERY keen to win the Melbourne Cup with Profound Beauty...She showed her class with a bold win in the Listed Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown over...
Dermot Weld’s Pale Mimosa overnight went into quarantine in England for a possible trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup. A final decision on whether the six-year-old mare makes the trip will ...
Dermot's heading back...Irish trainer Dermot Weld is planning another Melbourne Cup attack with Profound Beauty, who ran 5th last year. She boosted her Cup hopes with a successful seasonal debut in...
Dermot Weld’s Pale Mimosa was beaten into third place in France overnight after being taken out of quarantine for Australia. She was being prepared by Weld, who has won the Melbourne Cup with ...
Dermot Weld's Melbourne Cup hope Profound Beauty has been btn into 2nd place in the Grp 1 2800m Curragh Cup in Ireland. The mare, who ran 5th in the 2008 Melbourne Cup, had every chance but found 5...
The odds won't be anything flashy but three-year-old Rapper Dragon should cement his place as one of the rising stars for next season's classics in the Group Three Lion Rock Trophy (1,600m) at S...
Dermot's on the way...Champion Irish trainer Dermot Weld - the grumpy face of Irish racing - has confirmed he will start one of his nominations in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in Novembe...