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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...

A Vigorous Nod of ApprovalMy Australian spellchecker wasn't happy with Vigor. Well, I don't care too much what he's called or the American spelling, if he can win the Melbourne Cup.Danny O'Brien to...

As the racing world deals with the mind numbing issue of padded whips I really wonder about priorities. Yes, some horses need persuading with a whip but overall the form will work itself out and th...

As the racing world deals with the mind numbing issue of padded whips I really wonder about priorities. Yes, some horses need persuading with a whip but overall the form will work itself out and th...

Each Thursday afternoon I print out the form for the races of interest for the forthcoming Saturday with quite some excitement. I am like the proverbial kid in the lolly shop as sitting down with a...

The Optimist talks candidly with two long-time PPM writers, Richard Hartley and Damien Whitchurch, and asks them to identify their vital long-term winning factors. The Optimist: You've both been ...

This is the final part of US expert Joe Takach’s series on the upside and downside of betting. You can read more of Joe’s ideas at the www.netcapper.com or www.joe-takach.com websites. We star...