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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...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year b...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the ...
Promising sprinter Second Effort will be looking to wind up a brief summer campaign with victory in the Listed Doveton Stakes at Caulfield.Trainer ...
In-form sprinter Second Effort will step into the unknown when he has his first start at Flemington in Saturday's Straight Six under equal topweigh...
There were a number of horses racing second-up from spells at Eagle Farm on December 5. All lost. At Sandown that day, there were 11 horses in tha...
We hear a lot about the 'second-up syndrome'. Those who believe in it make the sweeping generalisation that horses racing second-up from a spell n...
Melbourne Cup aspirant Holberg is still in the mix for a trip to Australia despite being beaten in a 2400m race at Kempton.Holberg made ground late...
Not a bad return to racing for last year's Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden on Saturday night...The classy French stayer ran 3rd, beaten 5.75 lengths,...
The Clinton McDonald-trained Second Effort maintained his unbeaten record on wet tracks when he won the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool, edg...
New Zealand jockey sensation James McDonald celebrated his first winnerin the UK at only his second ride
OWNER Lloyd Williams yesterday paid up for nine of his stayers to remain in the hunt for the Caulfield Cup, but two of his best chances, At First S...
Jockey Dan Nikolic has been engaged to try to help first up specialist Secret Flyer to a second win in the Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington.T...
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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...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...
Promising sprinter Second Effort will be looking to wind up a brief summer campaign with victory in the Listed Doveton Stakes at Caulfield.Trainer Clinton McDonald said it was likely that the light...
In-form sprinter Second Effort will step into the unknown when he has his first start at Flemington in Saturday's Straight Six under equal topweight of 60 kilograms.The five-year-old carried 56kg t...
There were a number of horses racing second-up from spells at Eagle Farm on December 5. All lost. At Sandown that day, there were 11 horses in that category. All lost. At Rosehill, there were six....
We hear a lot about the 'second-up syndrome'. Those who believe in it make the sweeping generalisation that horses racing second-up from a spell never win. They avoid them like the plague. But wh...
Melbourne Cup aspirant Holberg is still in the mix for a trip to Australia despite being beaten in a 2400m race at Kempton.Holberg made ground late to run second in the Group Three September Stakes...
Not a bad return to racing for last year's Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden on Saturday night...The classy French stayer ran 3rd, beaten 5.75 lengths, in the Grp 2 2400m Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarke...
The Clinton McDonald-trained Second Effort maintained his unbeaten record on wet tracks when he won the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool, edging out comeback mare Wealth Princess.The five-yea...
OWNER Lloyd Williams yesterday paid up for nine of his stayers to remain in the hunt for the Caulfield Cup, but two of his best chances, At First Sight and Green Moon, may struggle to make the fiel...
Jockey Dan Nikolic has been engaged to try to help first up specialist Secret Flyer to a second win in the Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington.Trainer Mark Young has targeted Saturday's feature ...