Fierce Fire 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...

Good to hear some fighting words from Racing Victoria chief Michael Duffy as he announced that jumps racing will not be axed (not at the moment, anyway). Duffy appeared to fire a broadside at Victo...

One of the great talking points in racing revolves around the best way to bet, and whether there's an avenue that offers light at the end of the tunnel if you wish to veer away from the conservati...

One of the great talking points in racing revolves around the best way to bet, and whether there's an avenue that offers light at the end of the tunnel if you wish to veer away from the conservati...

FLEMINGTON Acceptances on Saturday 12th December, 2009TAB MEETING. Rail: True Position Entire Circuit--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-12.50 WESTERN ...

I was having a few beers recently with a keen punting friend of mine and during the inevitable racing discussions he emphatically stated he would not back any horse under $3.00 (2/1) though he did...

Special Report When I surprised everyone by resigning from my banking job well before retirement, I told them: "I've always believed a person should have three careers in life, and now I'm going...