John, interesting to hear that you witnessed the same values with the NZ simulcasts. The one drawback to Aussie racing in US is the mutuel pools are small. This can play for or against, depending on the situation. It is not possible to make a large win play without affecting the odds dramatically, but sometimes the exacta's + tri's are way overpriced. Tonight I got back $65 (for $2) on Headturner/Airstream in 6th at Werribee. I have to believe that was much higher than in OZ, I figured it to be about 30 (40 tops). The intangibles are what seem to always get me and they are much more prevalent in the Aus racing. The Turf Clubs have a habit of closing at will and this makes it difficult to wager on the best part of the card. I don't think the average American racing fan will go to the trouble of focusing on foreign racing. Their loss. The whole game of parimutuel wagering is based on knowing more than the other punter and most people playing Aus in US are just left over from a long day and night of racing and are just taking stabs (no problem with that but in the long run an educated wager is going to have the +ROI.) I think the late night timing of the Aus races keeps most people from giving it a serious go. I imagine eventually articles will be written in turf mags about the value in foreign tracks and turn a lot of people on to it, but for now I'll ride out a good thing. Actually, Australian racing has been shown here for a long time. They used to do Hong Kong also but I don't think they do that anymore. Too many Sunday Silence's anyway! LOL!