Captain Smooth 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...

Prominent Australian businessman and thoroughbred breeder Gerry Harvey has announced he and his family have purchased the entire Magic Millions Sales company."At a meeting held last night my family...

Sydney's emerging sprint star Rain Affair will take centre stage on his home track when he tackles open company and 1200 metres for the first time on Saturday.Trainer Joe Pride says he "can't wait"...

Dance With Her has joined illustrious company alongside champion sprinter Black Caviar and Group One winning mare Aloha as the winners of six races in Victoria this season.But the trio have been ou...

Three-year-old Scarf can join two of this season's most exciting horses by becoming a six-time Sydney winner if successful at Rosehill on Saturday.Scarf will be out to join star mare More Joyous an...

From NEIL FRANKLYNGEORGE NEIL4g : J Phillips : Tauherenikau3 starts : 1 win : 1 placeWin distance range : 1400mTrack conditions won on : HeavyThis gelding has only experienced a handful of raceday ...

From NEIL FRANKLYNNO FEAR3g : B J Wallace : Takanini8 starts : 2 wins : 3 placesWin distance range : 1600mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good This young galloper is turning into a very nice 3-year-...