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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...

DARREN Weir is happy with  Puissance De Lune ’s progress, but the depth of the Makybe Diva Stakes troubles him, reports Racing Network. Weir nominated the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes as the p...

The Makybe Diva Stakes is firming as the probable next start for Spring Racing Carnival banner horse Puissance de Lune. Trainer Darren Weir says the $350,000 Group 1 event, at Flemington on 7 Sep...

Darren Weir is adamant Puissance de Lune is on track for his Spring Racing Carnival targets despite defeat in today’s Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. The popular grey, the pronounced favourite ...

Melbourne Cup favorite Puissance De Lune heads a quality list of 19 nominations in the $350,000 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m), which will be run at Group 1 level for the first time at Flemington on ...

Australian Guineas  winner  Palentino  is set to step up his preparations for this year’s Spring Carnival. Trainer  Darren Weir  said the son of Teofilo, who has won three of his seven starts...

PUISSANCE De Lune  will take another step on his comeback trail this weekend when he has his first gallop, reports Racing Network. Darren Weir said he will see what tracks are available, but ...