Craftsman 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...

Sheer talent and dedication have overcome a body that denies Nash Rawiller the opportunities of his peers - and his biggest supporters couldn't be happier, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It says...

In-form stayer Light Vision has history against him as he attempts to improve his Melbourne Cup prospects through Wednesday's Geelong Cup (2406m).The five-year-old has 57.5kg but only Craftsman wit...

Odds are shortening that Americain will miss the Caulfield Cup and run in the Moonee Valley Cup ahead of a defence of his Melbourne Cup next month.Connections have explored their options including ...

by Brad Bishop (racingvictoria.net.au)Americain and Dunaden had enough against them in Saturday's $2.5 million BMW Caulfield Cup without drawing nightmare barriers. The French stars - who have won ...

French stayer Dunaden has emphasised the dominance of international raiders in the Geelong Cup with a decisive win which has him pressing for Melbourne Cup favouritism.Dunaden is the fourth oversea...

French-trained stayer Americain became one the great Geelong Cup winners and a leading Melbourne Cup contender when he shouldered the highest weight to victory in 44 years.Ridden by champion French...