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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...

From NEIL FRANKLYNBACK IN BLACK4g : J Steffert : Te Aroha8 starts : 3 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : DeadSparingly raced sprinter who looks ri...

Luke Oliver's faith in consistent stayer Good Red was rewarded when the gelding delivered on a seven-month plan to give the trainer the biggest win of his career at Flemington.Oliver pulled the ace...

Stable expectations are high about Red Lord running true to a successful career-pattern of form in the $100,000 Frank Underwood Cup.With Anthony Cummings in the midst of a Magic Millions spending s...

Former Northern Territory speedster The Soldier has recovered from a setback and will run in Saturday's Red Tempo Handicap at Flemington.The eight-year-old was to have his second start for Caulfiel...

Trainer Luke Oliver is on track to win his second Bagot Handicap with seven-year-old Good Red while stablemates Elmore and Diamondsondinside are also staking claims for the Flemington feature.Good ...

Trainer Luke Oliver is on track to win his second Bagot Handicap with seven-year-old Good Red while stablemates Elmore and Diamondsondinside are also staking claims for the Flemington feature.Good ...