Gandalf 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...

How about that Gai Waterhouse! The all-conquering trainer has the Rosehill carnival by the throat. Well, that's what she reckons. She goes into Golden Slipper day with, dare I say it, bright expect...

Pakenham trainer Rick Harrison is painting a promising future for discarded galloper Van Gogh who he bought for $2,000 in the hope that he could give him a home town Cup win next February.The five-...

Pakenham trainer Rick Harrison is painting a promising future for discarded galloper Van Gogh who he bought for $2,000 in the hope that he could give him a home town Cup win next February.The five-...

Can Gai Waterhouse grab the Magic Millions 2YO prize at the Gold Coast? She certainly has bright expectations and the name of the youngster who'll provide the action is...yes, you guessed it, Brigh...

Light Vision will have a second tilt at the Group Three Easter Cup (2000m) as part of his progression this autumn.Trainer Robert Smerdon said Monday's CFMEU-FFTS Handicap (1600) at Moonee Valley wa...

Light Vision will have a second tilt at the Group Three Easter Cup (2000m) as part of his progression this autumn.Trainer Robert Smerdon said Monday's CFMEU-FFTS Handicap (1600) at Moonee Valley wa...