The Storm 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...

from NEIL FRANKLYN in AucklandTHE GREY STORM4m : Trainer - Stuart Hale15 starts : 3 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1600mRapidly improving daughter of Red Ransom who could well threaten...

Equine influenza (EI) delayed the start of Storm Kite's career but the mare is off and running much to the delight of trainer Ron Quinton.The Honours List four-year-old is having her second start i...

Equine influenza (EI) delayed the start of Storm Kite's career but the mare is off and running much to the delight of trainer Ron Quinton.The Honours List four-year-old is having her second start i...

A political and legal storm is brewing north of the border with Racing Queensland boss Bob Bentley intent on forging ahead with work on a dual code super track, while the sport's governing body is ...

Aussie stars Scenic Blast and Takeover Target are at the epi-centre of a publicity storm in the UK. They'll run in an important workout at Ascot on Thursday. In fact, thyey are the superstar attrac...

Trainer Mike Moroney has called for protocols to be put in place to avoid repeating the risk of a disaster when adverse weather threatens a race meeting.Moroney said he was amazed the Newmarket Han...