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Originally Posted by Parkview_Pirate

Australia is sort of like the UK, in that the on track bookies, off-track bookies, and on/off track tote odds can all be different. It allows for a bit of shopping around, since there is fixed-price wagering for some of it too. If you live there of course. Some of the video coverage will mention the on-site prices, which are not to be confused with the North American tote numbers.

Unfortunately, here in North America we don't get the co-mingled pools for Australia or New Zealand and many other foreign pools. Hong Kong is an exception, New Zealand used to be co-mingled but not any more. I think some of the French tracks are co-mingled, and I think I've seen large co-mingled pools for the UAE or other Middle Eastern tracks on their big days.

About a year or two ago, the NA pools through Woodbine added AU tracks (mostly New South Wales I believe) along with the AUS tracks, which means more tiny pools for six to eight tracks versus four, and lots and lots and lots of breakage. Pretty hard to bet any of that seriously. Which is a shame, since I do like the racing down under.

Hi, do you know of a list or site that breaks down the city tracks from the rural tracks? When I play those AUS tracks I usually use the purse size but would like to know if there is a better reference that shows purse values between the classier tracks where the quality of racing may be better. There are so many Class A and B tracks and there meets vary. Similar to what NA horseplayers association does for NA tracks. Can't argue about the field sizes there.