EVER HAD AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY ON THE PUNT?Racing aficionado Patrick Bartley collects tales of fervour, intrigue and folly straight from the track. His anecdotes offer a view into the world of racing: the big wins, gut-wrenching losses, plunges, long-shot winners and larger-than-life characters that colour Australia's racetracks.Brimming with Bartley's signature wit, these stories will have you trackside before you can even open a form guide.'Patrick ha...

Everyone loved Roy Higgins. A warm and genuine character with a great sense of humour, the boy from the bush was known as 'The Professor' for his freakish ability to read the track and his easy eloquence.Higgins' racing record was extraordinary. He rode Bart Cummings' first Melbourne Cup winner, Light Fingers, in 1965, and was one of a handful of jockeys to win the grand slam of racing: the Golden Slipper, Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup. Over his 30-year career, Higgins ...