Another Plan Horse

Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...

In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...

At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...

In Australian horse racing the four Melbourne racecourses stand out for their complete difference to each other — and the barrier draw is worth something different at every one. Statsman takes thre...

Australian horse racing runs on so many racetracks, all of varying sizes and designs, that the track itself carries a form guide of its own. Statsman spent five years on winning patterns at Randwic...

Professional gamblers call it 'deep state' handicapping: the horse racing method Bill Benter and Alan Woods used to make millions on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrat...

Here we go!PLAN A selections (the wildcat ones!)Moonee Valley 5-4-2-4-7-2-5-7Randwick 2-1-6-2-1-2-1-6Belmont 1-1-1-4-5-1-3-6Eagle Farm 8-4-12-1-9-6-4-13Morphettville 3-4-7-1-3-4-3-3It will be most ...

Here we go!PLAN A selections (the wildcat ones!)Moonee Valley 5-4-2-4-7-2-5-7Randwick 2-1-6-2-1-2-1-6Belmont 1-1-1-4-5-1-3-6Eagle Farm 8-4-12-1-9-6-4-13Morphettville 3-4-7-1-3-4-3-3It will be most ...

The Pensioner Plan experiment is moving along with 207 selections for Plan A - the Wildcat selections resulting in a miserable 37 winners (17.87%). On a flat stake win only basis the returns have b...

XXXX I am having computer problems re podcast: I may have to do a blog this week. XXXXáOctober 31, 2009 Pensioner Plan SelectionsPlan 1: Wildcat System Selections - not to be backed: just baseline ...

October 10: Caulfield Guineas dayBest of luck to you all - looks like another great days racing.PENSIONER PLAN selectionsPlan 1: WILD CAT selections - do not backCaulfield 7-13-4-11-7-8-1-7-3Rosehi...

My revision of the Plan A selections of the Pensioner Plan is complete. As you will be aware I logged 500 selections of the original "wildcat" selections and at the end of the record keeping to say...