Another Craftsman 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...

French stayer Dunaden has emphasised the dominance of international raiders in the Geelong Cup with a decisive win which has him pressing for Melbourne Cup favouritism.Dunaden is the fourth oversea...

French-trained stayer Americain became one the great Geelong Cup winners and a leading Melbourne Cup contender when he shouldered the highest weight to victory in 44 years.Ridden by champion French...

George ‘Barker’ Bellfield reviews Bill McBride’s new book For some time now, America's No 1 greyhound racing-handicapping authority, Bill McBride, has been writing the occasional feature articl...

George ‘Barker’ Bellfield reviews Bill McBride’s new book. For some time now, America's No 1 greyhound racing-handicapping authority, Bill McBride, has been writing the occasional feature artic...

You are probably aware that I’ve consistently advocated having AT LEAST 60 per cent of one’s investment in the straight pools. Exactas, trifectas and other exotics have a way of punishing good han...

Beating the races is entirely a question of HOW and WILL. You need to know how to beat them, and then possess the will to carry through with your resolve. Some punters alas, the majority have not...