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New Zealand trainer Alexander Fieldes says owner Kevin Myers will probably take the harder option with Capecover by running him in Friday night's JRA Cup at Moonee Valley over Saturday's RM Ansett ...
Lee Freedman is hoping Fly Higher can defy a moderate fillies record and give him his second Bill Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.Only six fillies in the last 50 years, including just...
New Zealander Capecover could be a surprise starter in next Saturday's Metropolitan Handicap in a bid to cement a Caulfield Cup berth.Capecover as doing his best work late when seventh in the JRA C...
Plans to start the promising Iamzeus in next month's $1 million Caulfield Guineas are in danger after his narrow defeat at Flemington.Trainer Danny O'Brien was counting on the colt winning the Lord...
A 12-month spending spree on yearlings and tried horses is poised to return its first major spring dividend for Nathan Tinkler at Randwick on Saturday.Tinkler, last week named at the top of BRW's Y...
Trainer Mark Kavanagh is looking to strengthen his claims on the Caulfield Guineas-Thousand Guineas double when Cats Whisker backs up in Saturday's Group Two Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington.Ka...
Jockey Hugh Bowman has not heard from Samantha Miss' trainer Kris Lees this week and that's the way he likes it.The star filly will become the first horse since Angst in 1993 to win all four legs o...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has warmed up for Saturday's Turnbull Stakes meeting with five winners at Geelong.Oliver rode the winners of the first five races and his haul included a quartet for t...
Trainer Mathew Ellerton finds himself in familiar territory with Sunburnt Land who is first emergency for Saturday's Gilgai Stakes at Flemington.This is the third time this spring the five-year-old...
Julia Ritchie has been involved in breeding and racing horses all her life and has collected a fair share of Group One trophies.She has never won a Metropolitan Handicap or a Melbourne Cup but is d...
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...
How good is the public in assessing the chances of each horse in a race? Well, as we’ve pointed out before, pretty darn good. James Quinn, the US writer, says the “crowd” will lose generally only...
In all the years I have been checking out racing writers around the world the one name that invariably crops up is that of James Quinn. I have enormous respect for him. Quinn has been leading aut...
In all the years I have been checking out racing writers around the world the one name that invariably crops up is that of James Quinn. I have enormous respect for him. Quinn has been leading a...
In this exclusive interview, Tasmanian-based contributor Steve Wood interviews James Quinn, regarded as one of the great modern-day handicappers in the world. Quinn - America's equivalent of Austr...
This is the second and final extract from James Quinn’s best-selling book The Best of Thoroughbred Handicapping, Leading Ideas and Methods, which we have chosen as one of the 10 best racing books ...
The best way to evaluate any money management method to put it under scrutiny by a risk-benefit analysis. The most effective methods will minimise risk but maximise gain. Sounds good to me, and I...
NEWCASTLE Acceptances on Wednesday 15th September, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: True--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-01.00 THE X-FACTOR JOHN SNEDDON MAIDE...
In this exclusive interview, Tasmanian-based contributor Steve Wood concludes his interview with James Quinn, regarded as one of the great modern-day handicappers in the world. Quinn - America's e...