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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...

As far back as I can remember, people have been telling me that much of the mystery of racing can be solved by reading the reports issued by the stewards. One pro punter I know refers to them as "...

In an article in the April issue of PPM I stressed that SPEED RATINGS are the single most important factor in greyhound handicapping. I realise, however, that the racing forms used in your countr...

Another great greyhound article In an article in the April issue of PPM, I stressed that SPEED RATINGS are the single most important factor in greyhound handicapping.  I realise, however, tha...

What IS form? How can we quantify it to our advantage? How can we get it clear in our minds exactly what constitutes form, and how can we 'manage' the form statistics to our advantage? Form is a ...

When we study form, what are we really looking for? Confirmation that the prerace favourite has the best chance? Evidence to confirm a gut feeling we have about a certain horse? I guess differe...

Exclusive extracts from the US ‘Today’s Racing Digest’ Greta Garbo and Howard Hughes probably would have been great handicappers. The two most famous recluses of the twentieth century may have ...