Blinding Luck Horse

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...

Craig Williams is understandably excited about his prospects of landing some major wins during the spring. Two of his key prospects are top-rankers Trusting and Decision Time. The Patinack owned r...

Trainer Robbie Laing is working just 20 horses, but he’s genuinely excited about the next 12 months with his team. If you listen to Robbie, he could have the hottest team of young horses in the l...

Country life has rejuvenated Lockmar but Wagga Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland is hoping the veteran galloper still has an affinity for Sydney's Rosehill racetrack.Broken in by Sutherland but train...

Retirement doesn't suit everyone, horses included, and stakeswinner Magic Marvo is set for a return to racing after rebelling against the quiet life.Trainer Rod Craig, whose wife Lynn is a part-own...

Retirement doesn't suit everyone, horses included, and stakeswinner Magic Marvo is set for a return to racing after rebelling against the quiet life.Trainer Rod Craig, whose wife Lynn is a part-own...

Ballarat trainer Darren Weir is genuinely excited about his big grey flash Puissance De Lune resuming in Saturday’s Group 2 $220,000 P. B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield. “I can’t wait,” he...