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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...

JOHN SINGLETON has become the latest racing player to savage the controversial new whip rules, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.His report says: His attack comes as champion apprent...

Danny Nikolic's efforts to conserve Mosheen's energy for the Oaks seem to have been misplaced with indications the spelling paddock is the next stop for the filly.Nikolic was given a dressing down ...

In last month’s article in this series on international professionals, we introduced Steve Zacks from the Handicapper’s Edge at brisnet.com . In discussing betting, Zacks points out that a punte...

In last month’s article in this series on international professionals, we introduced Steve Zacks from the Handicapper’s Edge at brisnet.com . In discussing betting, Zacks points out that a pun...

Epsom Handicap contender Drumbeats has come a long way in 12 months and it hasn't always been an easy ride.The son of star sire Redoute's Choice will fly the flag for Darley trainer Peter Snowden i...

Epsom Handicap contender Drumbeats has come a long way in 12 months and it hasn't always been an easy ride.The son of star sire Redoute's Choice will fly the flag for Darley trainer Peter Snowden i...