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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 ...
RANDWICK trainer Grahame Begg has conceded Saturday's Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm could be a bogey race for his talented mare Secret ...
GOLDEN Slipper Stakes winner Phelan Ready may have narrowly fallen short of another group 1 victory last night at Moonee Valley when he was beaten ...
The PPD Club's master tipster Brian Blackwell landed yet another Caulfield Cup triumph on Saturday. For the second year in a row, BB tipped the wi...
Major international contenders are among 80 horses left in 2012 Caulfield Cup contention after Tuesday's second acceptances for the October 20 race...
How do favourites fare in small fields? PPM's Jon Hudson set out to find the answer with this special probe into small fields, posing the question...
CAULFIELD Acceptances on Saturday 1st May, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: Out 8m Entire Circuit------------------------------------------------------------...
Star galloper So You Think may not be lost to Australian racing. That's the opinion of Betstar's Alan Eskander who has dual Cox Plate champion an $...
CAULFIELD Acceptances on Saturday 18th July, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: True Entire Circuit------------------------------------------------------------...
Second declarations closed today (Tuesday) for the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate. Both races have more entries remaining than last year, with the Ca...
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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...
RANDWICK trainer Grahame Begg has conceded Saturday's Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm could be a bogey race for his talented mare Secret Admirer, reports the Daily Telegraph.It says: The ...
GOLDEN Slipper Stakes winner Phelan Ready may have narrowly fallen short of another group 1 victory last night at Moonee Valley when he was beaten in the Manikato Stakes by Danleigh, but the perfor...
The PPD Club's master tipster Brian Blackwell landed yet another Caulfield Cup triumph on Saturday. For the second year in a row, BB tipped the winner - and for good measure he also tipped the qui...
Major international contenders are among 80 horses left in 2012 Caulfield Cup contention after Tuesday's second acceptances for the October 20 race. Dunaden and Americain are in quarantine awaiting...
How do favourites fare in small fields? PPM's Jon Hudson set out to find the answer with this special probe into small fields, posing the question: Can you pick winners more easily? I know a punt...
CAULFIELD Acceptances on Saturday 1st May, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: Out 8m Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.10 JOYCE DE HIGHDEN HANDI...
Star galloper So You Think may not be lost to Australian racing. That's the opinion of Betstar's Alan Eskander who has dual Cox Plate champion an $8 fav to successfully defend his title in 2011. He...
CAULFIELD Acceptances on Saturday 18th July, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: True Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.10 GLASSHOUSE CAF? HANDIC...
Second declarations closed today (Tuesday) for the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate. Both races have more entries remaining than last year, with the Caulfield Cup having 78 left, including 11 internati...