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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...

Harness racing form assessment is usually centred on pacers' Mile Rates. These are now widely used to measure a horse's speed, and P.P.M. has featured a number of fine methods incorporating Mile...

Harness racing form assessment is usually centred on pacers' Mile Rates. These are now widely used to measure a horse's speed, and P.P.M. has featured a number of fine methods incorporating Mile...

When the editor came up with this idea, he really sparked some fiery opinions around the office. Our newest member argued that the magazine really shouldn't be telling people about all the mista...