Almost Art Horse

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...

Epsom Handicap favourites Ashikaga and Bank Robber have been given 51 and 52 kilograms respectively for the Group One feature on October 4.The Gai Waterhouse trained stablemates are both at $5 for ...

Epsom Handicap favourites Ashikaga and Bank Robber have been given 51 and 52 kilograms respectively for the Group One feature on October 4.The Gai Waterhouse trained stablemates are both at $5 for ...

In last months issue of PPM,  Statsman and Brian Blackwell reported on some very strange statistics related to multiple betting races. Don Scott - one of the most highly respected names in racing...

In last months issue of PPM,  Statsman and Brian Blackwell reported on some very strange statistics related to multiple betting races. Don Scott - one of the most highly respected names in racing...

How smart is the betting public? There are conflicting views on this question. In recent years, the claim has been advanced that the 'crowd' is smart, that it gets it more right, or close to right...

One of the hardest things to master in our game is the “art” of keeping one’s balance at the racetrack whether ahead or behind. Granted, we most often lose this precious balance when behind for t...