Different Shade 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...

Rapid Redux has put unbeaten Australian superstar Black Caviar's winning streak in the shade by racking up his 21st consecutive victory here on Tuesday.In so doing he matched a modern-day US record...

Darley-owned three-year-old Bullbars has surprised jockey Mark Zahra with a stunning last-to-first victory in the Group Three CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington.Racing into a strong headwind, the Peter ...

Gerald Ryan is banking on a solid tempo to help Melito turn the tables on last-start conqueror More Joyous in Saturday's Group One Flight Stakes at Randwick.But the Rosehill trainer concedes even t...

Gerald Ryan is banking on a solid tempo to help Melito turn the tables on last-start conqueror More Joyous in Saturday's Group One Flight Stakes at Randwick.But the Rosehill trainer concedes even t...

'Why do horses win? Why do horses lose? Which horses are more likely to win? What factors can we use to pinpoint these winners before the race? Yes, these are just a few of the host of riddles whi...

Many years ago, a respected racing man told me that about 90 per cent of races are won by one of the three best 'weight contenders' which also rate highly on other essential handicapping factors. ...