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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...

Sacred Elixir’s Barrier 1 draw hasn’t stopped punters from backing it to win the Victoria Derby, firming from $3.20 to $2.80 with TAB. While over 40% of the market has been on the Gelding, there...

Big support for Sacred Elixir continues with 50% of the TAB market now on the NZ gelding to win the Victoria Derby 2500m at Flemington.  The money flood has pushed him into $2.70 - a significan...

Caulfield trainer Mick Price will unveil a couple of handy recent stable acquisitions at his home track this Saturday. The in-form horseman will take a couple of well-performed mares to the races...

Exciting sprinter Essington left trainer Darryl Hansen with a dilemma whether to head to Sydney for the autumn or wait for the Brisbane winter carnival following his narrow win at Eagle Farm.Essing...

The above comment used to get my vote as the silliest comment in general use around the racing traps. Does it mean the horse will finish second? Or last? When you think about it, the person utteri...

The above comment used to get my vote as the silliest comment in general use around the racing traps. Does it mean the horse will finish second? Or last? When you think about it, the person utteri...