Punters Review — Racing, read properly.
Golden Rose Day at Rosehill — and Why Melbourne Isn’t Racing on Saturday
The Spring Is Properly Open: Angel Capital Lands a Group 1, and the Big Ones Start Next Month
Angel Capital broke through for his first Group 1 in the Sir Rupert Clarke at Caulfield. From here the carnival gets serious — Turnbull, Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, a Cox Plate at Flemington and a Melbourne Cup, all inside six weeks.
Plug Holes, a Four-Metre Rail Shift and a Group 1 Card: What Went Wrong at Caulfield
Jockeys refused the track on Group 1 morning. The rail moved before racing, an independent report is coming, and the Manikato has lost three starters.
Beiwacht Wins the Memsie — and the Melbourne Spring Gets Its First Answer
Caulfield, 29 August: a four-year-old resuming beat Mr Brightside and Cosmic Crusader, and Chris Waller had his second Group 1 in eight days.
Autumn Glow Opens the Group 1 Year — and Waller Wins a Tenth Winx Stakes
Randwick, 22 August: the first Group 1 of the Australian season went to the favourite, and to the trainer whose name is on the race more than anyone’s.
The 150th Caulfield Cup Takes Shape Tomorrow — and the Defending Champion Isn’t in the Market
First acceptances close Tuesday. Sir Delius has topweight, Zahrann heads the market, and Half Yours is going to the Turnbull instead.
The Cox Plate Is Leaving the Valley: What Flemington Does to Australia’s Weight-For-Age Championship
For the first time in its history the Cox Plate will be run somewhere other than Moonee Valley. The track is closed, and the race the Valley built has to work somewhere else.
Four Weeks to The Everest, and Spicy Martini Still Doesn’t Have a Slot
The $8,000 Stradbroke winner ran her Everest audition in The Shorts and didn’t win it. Two slots are filled. Ten are not.
Track Bias, Explained: How to Read a Racing Surface Like a Professional
Rail positions, sectional times and the discipline of judging a bias while the meeting is still running.
Market Percentages: The First Number Every Punter Should Learn
What a betting market's percentage actually tells you, and why it's the quickest test of whether a price is fair.
The Form Guide
SectionsMeeting and race-by-race previews with speed maps and form.
Post-race analysis, run-on horses and black bookers.
Track conditions, bias patterns and rail movements.
Staking, value, market percentages and punting fundamentals.
Carnival news, jockey bookings, scratchings and stewards.