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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...

A horse who failed as a jumper 10 months ago is set to provide the fairytale story of the Standish Handicap, the feature summer sprint at Flemington.Adelaide trainer Jim Smith has transformed five-...

Generally, when  David Hayes  heads along to watch his beloved Adelaide Crows play football, he'd prefer not to be interrupted by an owner wanting to talk horses. But he was happy to make an exce...

Epsom Handicap WeightsHorse Trainer WeightMORE JOYOUS (NZ) Gai Waterhouse 60.5SHOOT OUT Chris Waller 58RANGIRANGDOO (NZ) Chris Waller 57.5DANLEIGH Chris Waller 56.5GLASS HARMONIUM (IRE) Michael Mor...

Local star Augusta Proud is the early fav for Sat's Dermody (Lightning Stakes) 1050m at Morphettville, according to the Betchoice market on Friday afternoon. The field, with the early prices, is as...

Dato winner Whobegotyou, with regular jockey Michael Rodd back, is a firm $2.60 fav for Sat's important Grp 1 Underwood Stakes 1800m at Caulfield. The field, with TAB Sportsbet prices (main chances...

Two year-old Choisir filly Magic Model stamped herself as a filly of potential when she resumed from a spell of 15 weeks to score a bold win in the open juvenile event over 1400 metres at Rosehill,...