Can Johnny Be Good 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...

Honest sprinter Johnny Fiasco was described by trainer Nikki Burke as the best little trier in the world after he toughed it out for a narrow win in The 65 Roses Victoria Cup at Caulfield.Danny Nik...

David Hayes cannot speak highly enough of young Chad Schofield. In fact, he reckons he's a champion in the making, a young Brent Thomson or John Stocker. Hayes rolled out the accolades after Chad's...

Starspangledbanner followed in his sire's footsteps as the son of Australian champion Choisir blazed to victory in the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.Aidan O'Brien warned jockey Johnny Murtag...

In two of the most unlikely stories in Kentucky Derby history, Animal Kingdom won the classic at just his fifth start and Johnny Velazquez finally captured the Run For The Roses.Velazquez had been ...

Nine-year-old Royal Ida could be a surprise runner at the Dubai World Cup meeting with trainer Luke Oliver nominating him for the $US1 million Al Quoz Sprint.The Group Three 1200m event - added to ...

Nine-year-old Royal Ida could be a surprise runner at the Dubai World Cup meeting with trainer Luke Oliver nominating him for the $US1 million Al Quoz Sprint.The Group Three 1200m event - added to ...