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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...

THE big wet that hit Flemington on Victoria Derby day last Saturday week and stayed through to Tuesday meant the crowds numbers over the four days - 353,178 - were the lowest since 2001, reports Th...

Good to see the talented young rider Ibrahim Gundogdu (22) has been licensed to resume riding at Moonee Valley tomorrow. He's been off the scene for almost 12 months due to visa problems. The Turk...

Brendan McCarthy's Zedi Knight heads a quality list of 27 noms for Caulfield's traditional Boxing Day feature the $120,000 Christmas Stakes (1200m). With 60kgs, the 8YO gelding faces a task to make...

The decision not to run Triple Honour in the Perth Cup hasn't necessarily spelled the end of his summer campaign.The six-year-old is back in the east after three starts in Perth where he beat one r...

Two confidence-boosting provincial wins have been enough for Randwick trainer Jason Coyle to give One Sweet Day another shot in town on Wednesday.The three-year-old will contest the Freeway Hot-Fri...

Two confidence-boosting provincial wins have been enough for Randwick trainer Jason Coyle to give One Sweet Day another shot in town on Wednesday.The three-year-old will contest the Freeway Hot-Fri...