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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...

Dual Group One winner Sincero is an easing favourite for Saturday's Epsom Handicap after drawing barrier one, a gate trainer Stephen Farley admits is not ideal."Um, it's better than 16," was Farley...

The Robbie Griffiths-trained Its Prince has spoiled Brian Mayfield-Smith's farewell party with a courageous win over Encroacher at Moonee Valley.Griffiths gave Nick Hall "15 out of 10" for his ride...

PETER Moody has always had a good opinion of Huegill and the promising colt stamped himself as a possible Caulfield Guineas chance with an impressive win in the PFD Handicap (1400 metres) at Sandow...

Wide Barriers? They're Never OK!On Australia Day I saw a near-perfect ride from a young three kilo claimer at Caulfield.He rode an in-form chance from a wide draw over 2000 metres (ten furlongs).Fr...

Just four days after being credited with saving apprentice Brent Evans from serious injury at Flemington, the new plastic running rail will make its debut at Sandown on Wednesday.Leading apprentice...

Just four days after being credited with saving apprentice Brent Evans from serious injury at Flemington, the new plastic running rail will make its debut at Sandown on Wednesday.Leading apprentice...