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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...

Oh, oh...The first big shock of the winter and it's Melbourne trainer Tony Noonan caught up in the controversy with his top mare Ortensia. Latest reports say Racing NSW stewards are keeping secret ...

Get ready to be called into the stewards' room...Believe it or not, racing authorities are now claiming they have the powers to coerce ordinary punters into revealing details of their betting activ...

Last year’s Victoria Derby winner  Polanski  will stand at stud in Victoria this season, reports Racing Network. After suffering a career-ending and life-threatening tendon injury after running i...

The Hong Kong battle goes on...Aussie star Brett Prebble is back within a win of the premiership lead held by Douglas Whyte after riding a winning double on Victory Style for trainer Manfred Man Ka...

Damien Oliver was a relieved man after the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board upheld his appeal against the severity of a one-month suspension, varying the penalty to a severe reprimand.The cham...

A decade or more ago, a 'new' formguide was launched in Melbourne and I was among those who felt it would struggle to establish itself in a crowded marketplace. I'm happy enough to admit I was wro...