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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...

Jazzy Feeling  has been threatening the winning post for some time and he gets the ideal opportunity to make good on that threat in Wednesday night's Police Cup (1,650m) at Happy Valley.

Old warrior Mitanni may be in the twilight of his career but trainer John Wallace doubts his age will prove a negative in his comeback at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Mitanni, who was once hailed as Quee...

Successful owner Terry Henderson is hoping to get the Caulfield Cup winning feeling back with this year's contender Manighar, trained by Luca Cumani.Henderson was a partner in the Lee Freedman-trai...

Top Sydney jockey Tommy  Berry has a knack of making instant impressions and on Sunday night he showcased his untapped talent to win the Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup. Berry, partnering the Michael...

The key to winning the Melbourne Cup is relaxation - for both horse and jockey.That's what Chris Munce did in 1998 when he steered Cup favourite Jezabeel to a thrilling victory in the gruelling 320...

The key to winning the Melbourne Cup is relaxation - for both horse and jockey.That's what Chris Munce did in 1998 when he steered Cup favourite Jezabeel to a thrilling victory in the gruelling 320...