Gainsford Horse

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...

The fairytale continued for knockabout trainer Michael Tubman when Chance Bye made it two wins from as many starts with an explosive performance in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill, reports The Age.I...

Trainer Liam Birchley remains hopeful Inglis Classic winner Fear No Other can qualify for next month's $1 million Golden Rose despite ruling out a chance to earn more prizemoney at Rosehill than at...

Trainer Liam Birchley remains hopeful Inglis Classic winner Fear No Other can qualify for next month's $1 million Golden Rose despite ruling out a chance to earn more prizemoney at Rosehill than at...

Somepin Anypin is about to have the stakes raised in a spring campaign which could continue through to the start of summer.Set to continue his preparation at Rosehill on Saturday, trainer Gary Port...

Three Victorian jockeys have been suspended for a total of more than eight months after separate post-race incidents at New Year's Day race meetings.On Monday Racing Victoria stewards hit Ben Smith...

Three Victorian jockeys have been suspended for a total of more than eight months after separate post-race incidents at New Year's Day race meetings.On Monday Racing Victoria stewards hit Ben Smith...