Explosive Power 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...

Jockey Michael Rodd has warmed to New Zealand-bred stayer Figure Of Speech ahead of Saturday's Herbert Power Handicap at Caulfield.Rodd will reunite with the eight-year-old for the first time since...

All the latest prices from TAB on the Derby, Oaks and Darley Classic.

Gai Waterhouse might be in Europe but the trainer has made her presence felt at home with feature winners in Sydney and Brisbane.Just 10 minutes after Tullamore upset raging favourite Glass Harmoni...

Glen Colless is hoping to make a surprise riding comeback next month to be reunited with exciting prospect Streets Away in his bid for Golden Slipper glory at Rosehill in April.Colless was released...

Glen Colless is hoping to make a surprise riding comeback next month to be reunited with exciting prospect Streets Away in his bid for Golden Slipper glory at Rosehill in April.Colless was released...

In the last issue (June PPM) I covered the idea of learning to "talk to the horse" when you get to the races. You'll recall I wrote about the attitude of the horse and I pointed to the fact that m...