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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...

In this series, we're looking at a collection of systems that you may consider gold or simply fool's gold! They come from various sources and I feel that each deserves some amount of considerati...

In this series, we're looking at a collection of systems that you may consider gold or simply fool's gold! They come from various sources and I feel that each deserves some amount of considerati...

Happy New Year!Not too many features for you, Just a handful I believe we might keep thinking about for 2010.1. The whip.Well, my information is that most horses won't race at their ultimate speed ...

What to do when on a winning streak . . . what to do on a losing streak . . . what size of bet should you have . . . how to cope with up and down bankroll amounts . . . These are just a handful o...

What to do when on a winning streak . . . what to do on a losing streak . . . what size of bet should you have . . . how to cope with up and down bankroll amounts . . . These are just a handful o...

• NOTE: Barry Meadow's article was originally published in his best-selling book Money Secrets At The Racetrack. It makes reference to USA tracks, etc. Picking winners at the races is no big deal...