Dino 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...

It is hardly surprising that Victoria's chief handicapper should declare himself a staunch supporter of Australian sprinter Apache Cat in Sunday's $HK12 million Hong Kong Sprint.But it may be the e...

Freshman trainer Richard Gibson has made a sound start to his local career and Great Renown gives him the chance to claim his first trophy race in the Chinese Manufacturers Association Of Hong Kong...

Globetrotting trainer Richard Gibson has had some interesting experiences in his travels with horses around the world with his next to come at Flemington on Tuesday when he saddles up Varevees, the...

First question this month comes from Dean Gardner from Melbourne, who writes: I'm a young stud who's only just got into racing, mainly due to attending Oaks Day at Flemington last year and finding...

Trainer Rick Hore-Lacy is concerned a wide draw may thwart Pinnacles' prospects of winning the Anniversary Vase at Caulfield as he prepares for another crack at the $2 million Doncaster at Randwick...

Apart from a small problem that is unique to Hong Kong, Australian galloper Apache Cat is in perfect shape as he prepares to make his international debut in Hong Kong on Sunday.Trainer Greg Eurell ...