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The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...

Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...

In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...

There is no short cut in Australian horse racing, and Don Scott is the proof: he worked 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, at form study. Practical Punting's Brian Blackwell interviewed him i...

In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...

In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...

Gai Waterhouse says handicappers have put mares at a disadvantage in the Melbourne Cup since the great Makybe Diva dominated the race.Sydney's premier trainer was reacting after her Cup chance Tues...

Too many bad riders, or too many over-the-top penalties? You give the answer. Fact is that NSW has a long queue of appealing riders. Michael Rodd will have to wait until April 20 for his appeal hea...

Serene Tanie led all the way at Caulfield on Saturday to win her second race since Talia Rodder's controversial front running ride on the mare at Moonee Valley last month.Rodder was suspended for s...

In racing, and betting, patience often pays off. Patient trainers wait for the right races, patient punters, too, wait for the right races in which to bet. How patient are you? If you’re impatien...

In racing, and betting, patience often pays off. Patient trainers wait for the right races, patient punters, too, wait for the right races in which to bet. How patient are you? If you’re impatien...

In racing, and betting, patience often pays off. Patient trainers wait for the right races, patient punters, too, wait for the right races in which to bet. How patient are you? If you’re impatien...