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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...

Caulfield early price changes and bets for Saturday (from TAB.com.au)

Ambience and Jameka are breathing down the neck of Sacred Eye for favouritism in tomorrow’s VRC Oaks. Despite being the best backed horse with TAB, Sacred Eye has drifted from $2.80 to $3.50 si...

Mark du Plessis has hardly been swamped with opportunities in his current stint, but trainer Andreas Schutz has given him a great chance to upgrade and take the main race at Happy Valley tonight on...

Any student of form knows that racing is full of factors that may, or may not, mean something in relation to the outcome of a race. We know, for example, that we can look at the barrier draw for ...

Some of the best winning bets I've ever made have been on horses that ran ordinarily at their latest start. Often a good price is obtainable; other times, fellow backers are in on the "secret" of ...

If someone asked you about a particular dog's speed effectiveness for a certain race, how would you answer the question? Firstly, you would think about it. Of course you would. You would look at ...