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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...

Habibi is listed as favorite for the ATC Oaks

Veteran turf scribe Max Presnell has launched a scathing attack on the Australian Turf Club.

Last start Geelong winner Sir Walter, who broke an exasperating run of minor placings for trainer Kathryn Durden, is thriving in his new stable surroundings.Formerly trained by Nigel Sutcliffe, the...

Talented mare Alverta vindicated a decision to delay her stud career when she claimed the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm.Prominent breeder John Messara planned to retire Alverta following t...

Trainer Rex Lipp is hoping to end one of his longest city droughts when Toowoomba mare Night Escort has her first Eagle Farm start on Wednesday.Night Escort, who contests the Patinack Farm Handicap...

THE dream showdown between Black Caviar and More Joyous will not eventuate in the All-Aged Stakes this month but it could be a different story next year, reports The Age.It says: It is believed the...