Colin The Fox 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...

Ciaron Maher has outlined his plans for his quality team of middle-distance gallopers. The exciting  Akavoroun , beaten only twice in eight starts, will now go to the Group 1 $400,000 Rupert Clark...

Ciaron Maher  has a big decision to make with his Group 1-winning mare  Azkadellia  - to chase a Cox Plate or international glory at the Breeders’ Cup series in California. As a reward for her s...

Trainer  Ciaron Maher is yet another Victorian eyeing off the lucrative Sydney autumn spoils. The Caulfield-trainer is aiming Mr O’Ceirin towards the $25 million carnival.

Tim Bell has revealed his ambition to win his first Group One while still an apprentice with the powerful Patinack Farm stable.Bell hopes his dream will come true during the Brisbane winter carniva...

Astute Caulfield trainer Ciaron Maher is quietly preparing his A-team for an assault on the Sydney autumn Carnival. VRC Crown Oaks winner  Set Square  has been back in work at his Caulfield stabl...

Maher, 27, builds formidable big-race winning record WARRNAMBOOL trainer Ciaron Maher is building a remarkable record for winning feature races at his first attempt and so goes into tomorrow's Gran...