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MILLER’S GUIDETHE AUSTRALIAN RACING BIBLE · EST. 1875
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Stories from 150 years of racing.

  • Miller’s Guide, 1978 edition
    1978J.J. Miller’s Sporting Annual
  • Miller’s Guide, 2011/12 edition
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  • Miller’s Guide, 2014/15 edition
    2014/15One of the final print years
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    2025The 150th year
Est. 1875

From the archive

How an 80-page pamphlet became the Australian racing bible

In 1875 J.J. Miller printed a guide for punters betting on the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. It outlived him by a century.

Heritage Desk · · 6 min read

People

J.J. Miller: gold, bookmaking and a printing press

The man behind the masthead, from the Castlemaine goldfields to the first president of the Ferntree Gully Shire.

  1. 1875

    J.J. Miller publishes the first guide for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups

  2. 1880s

    The pamphlet grows into a thick annual of results and records

  3. 1922

    Miller dies at Hampton, aged 91. The guide carries on

  4. 2016

    The 2015/16 edition is meant to be the last in print

  5. 2019

    Miller’s Guide is revived in print

  6. 2026

    The racing bible returns as a daily newsroom