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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...

The multi-billion dollar Hunter Valley thoroughbred breeding industry is calling on the NSW government to come good on its election promise and protect their agricultural land from future mining pr...

Things are picking up for trainer John O'Shea who is building a strong carnival team with fears he may go out of business allayed.The Randwick trainer was rocked a couple of weeks ago by a Court of...

Sensible...Racing Victoria has accepted the decision of the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board and will not appeal the verdict handed down in the Danny Nikolic case. RVL general manager of integ...

Legislation enabling the merger of Sydney's two race clubs could be passed as early as September, igniting a $174 million cash injection for the upgrade of Randwick and Rosehill racecourses.The boa...

Legislation enabling the merger of Sydney's two race clubs could be passed as early as September, igniting a $174 million cash injection for the upgrade of Randwick and Rosehill racecourses.The boa...

Legislation enabling the merger of Sydney's two race clubs could be passed as early as September, igniting a $174 million cash injection for the upgrade of Randwick and Rosehill racecourses.The boa...