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Virus strikes...The autumn campaign of smart Whitefriars has been halted by a virus. Connections have told stewards that the 4YO will be now be spelled.
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...
Viewed has become the latest big name casualty of the carnival after being ruled out of the remainder of the autumn with a virus.The 2008 Melbourne...
Last year's Melbourne Cup runner-up Maluckyday is out of the spring carnival because of a virus.Maluckyday was rated one of the leading chances for...
MELBOURNE'S leading trainer, Peter Moody, has isolated a number of his horses, including five-time group 1 winner Typhoon Tracy, as he awaits resul...
Out of the spring...It's a Kutchinsky KO for trainer Tony Noonan. His top 4YO stayer will not be a spring starter. the spring carnival's major eve...
Well, did Typhoon Tracy have a virus or not? That's the big question after her puzzling and disappointing performance in the Doncaster. She was a s...
Three horse stud workers under observation in hospital for the Hendra virus could be discharged as early as next week, the father of one of the pat...
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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...
Viewed has become the latest big name casualty of the carnival after being ruled out of the remainder of the autumn with a virus.The 2008 Melbourne Cup winner was vetted following his lacklustre ni...
Last year's Melbourne Cup runner-up Maluckyday is out of the spring carnival because of a virus.Maluckyday was rated one of the leading chances for this year's $6.2 million race at Flemington on No...
MELBOURNE'S leading trainer, Peter Moody, has isolated a number of his horses, including five-time group 1 winner Typhoon Tracy, as he awaits results on a virus that sidelined several horses in his...
Out of the spring...It's a Kutchinsky KO for trainer Tony Noonan. His top 4YO stayer will not be a spring starter. the spring carnival's major events. Noonan says the son of Anabaa has contracted ...
Well, did Typhoon Tracy have a virus or not? That's the big question after her puzzling and disappointing performance in the Doncaster. She was a shadow of her normal self. She finished 14th in wha...
Three horse stud workers under observation in hospital for the Hendra virus could be discharged as early as next week, the father of one of the patients says.Stud manager Debbie Brown and colleague...