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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...

Not the stewards, thanks...The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board and NOT Racing Victoria stewards will deal with the charges brought against Danny Nikolic. The rider aksed for the switch. Raci...

Too many bad riders, or too many over-the-top penalties? You give the answer. Fact is that NSW has a long queue of appealing riders. Michael Rodd will have to wait until April 20 for his appeal hea...

Controversial apprentice Jason Maskiell is set to join trainer Robert Smerdon at the Aquanita Racing stable. Maskiell was 'sacked' by Mick Price after a series of alcohol-related misdemeanours. Not...

Stephen Baster will have his appeal against a careless riding suspension heard tomorrow (Tuesday) by the Racing Appeals Board, but he's ready lost a longshot Newmarket Handicap ride on Undeniably (...

Apprentice Jordan Mallyon will join Aquanita Racing on a three-month loan from trainer Mike Moroney.Mallyon, who still has a 2kg claim in the metropolitan area, said he would benefit from more oppo...

Apprentice Tim Bell's appeal against a careless riding suspension will be heard on Thursday. Bell is appealing his conviction and severity of suspension. He was suspended from Jan 2 through to Jan...