Fallen 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...

Jeff Lloyd literally cannot remember the last time he was on Montelimar's back but has seen the video of how he came off it.Montelimar was one of three horses to come down in a race at Rosehill on ...

Why would you bet on jumps races? It was chaos in the Enfield Maiden Steeplechase at Riccarton NZ yesterday. Nana won but behind her 5 mof the other 6 runners all fell.Two jockeys broke collarbones...

This is interesting - the track that's supposed to be the saviour of washed-out turf meetings has fallen victim itself...Yes, Friday's Geelong synthetic meeting has had to be switched to Pakenham. ...

Early market movers for Saturday from TAB Sportsbet: CAULFIELD1 Belle Of The Court $4.60 - $4.20 ($1200 @ $4.40), Shadow West $4.80 - $4.40 ($3000 @ $4.80), Miss Zoom $4.80 - $4.20 ($1500 @ $4.80, ...

The Kiwis are doing it tough...Latest reports say turnover on New Zealand racing has fallen by more than 10 percent, forcing reduced funding of at least $2 million for the industry. NZ Thoroughbred...

Dowager Queen has been installed fav for Thur's VRC Crown Oaks 2500m at Flemington. Rahveel, who finished 2nd in the Wakeful Stakes, is second pick just in front of Mosheen. CROWN OAKS DOWAGER QUEE...