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Talented filly Manaudou did everything right in her maiden win at Eagle Farm to convince trainer Kelso Wood bigger things might be in store during the Brisbane winter carnival.Manaudou, named after...
Exciting colt Dr Doute's is set to emerge from the shadow of his celebrated stablemate Whobegotyou after benefiting from a soft spring campaign.After taking a planned low-key path with the son of R...
The forecast heatwave conditions at Rosehill on Saturday are expected to rob the Group Two Expressway Stakes of at least one runner - Utzon.The eight-race program has been put back more than an hou...
A determined MacO'Reilly held off a strong challenge from three-year-old Tell A Tale to win the Group One International Stakes at Te Rapa.Jockey Hayden Tinsley took MacO'Reilly to the front about 1...
A tilt at the Doncaster Mile at Randwick is on the cards for star sprinter-miler Mufhasa after his dominant victory in the Group One Waikato Sprint at Te Rapa in Hamilton.Mufhasa sat outside the le...
The David Hayes stable will launch a two-pronged attack on Monday's Hobart Cup with in-form gallopers Acosta and Hidden Wonder, but the stable is not overly confident that it can bring home the pri...
Toowoomba mare Dance Girl Dance may have booked herself a trip to Sydney following her victory in the Fujitsu Australia Handicap at Doomben.Dance Girl Dance took another step towards being Queensla...
Revitalised stayer Zavite's Hobart Cup mission could signal the beginning of an ambitious three-state campaign.Trainer Anthony Cummings said a good performance from the six-year-old in Monday's $40...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver remains cautious about Real Saga's chances of beating Rostova in the Blue Diamond Stakes despite the colt running nearly a second faster than the filly in their respec...
PROFESSIONAL punters across Australia have made it clear over the past 48 hours that Peter Moody will win Saturday's Doomben Cup in Queensland, but it won't be with the mare who this time last year...
Alf Sorbillo an American punter who made a fortune betting on the Californian races in the 50s and 60s used to tell anyone who asked for the secret of his success: "I made my own luck." By this, ...
In the second part of our Great Debate feature, two of our contributors, P.B. King and Mark Merrick, continue the analysis of form handicapping. This month they discuss the pitfalls facing punters...
Ask any professional punter if he's a gambler and he'll say NO! Most punters look on themselves as business people. They see their bets as investments. They set long-term goals, and they try to ru...
Nick Mordin caused something of a publishing sensation back in 1992 with his book Betting For A Living. It became a bestseller and remains much in demand today, years later. Mordin has sinc...
I wonder if we will ever discover what really happened to Don Scott? The great professional punter was found dead in his bed last year amid rumours that he had killed himself with a massive overdo...
Back in 1987, I interviewed professional punter Don Scott. He was hailed as the 'greatest' ratings guru of them all. His books were best-sellers. At the time, Don had more or less given up going ...
Most punters will, by habit, bet more on their shorter-priced selections than on the ones at bigger prices. It’s part of the psychological aspect of the game. We fear our conclusions if others do...