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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...

For trainer Dixie Solly the wait has been worth it to see former star galloper Noble Steed on the verge of making his racetrack return in the Group Two Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot.Solly, who train...

For trainer Dixie Solly the wait has been worth it to see former star galloper Noble Steed on the verge of making his racetrack return in the Group Two Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot.Solly, who train...

Early betting is wide open on Sat's Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot, WA. Victorian sprinter Lucky Secret is fav at $3.60, according to the latest market from TAB Sportsbet.Winterbottom StksLUCKY SECR...

áWet and cold at the creek they call Stony,I scanned the yard in search of a pony,Of noble head and intelligent eye;A steed that could gallop, perhaps even fly?With strong short cannons and good de...

Victorian star Lucky Secret heads a 15-runner field in Sat's Grp 2 Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot WA. The field, with barrier draw and jockeys, is:$500,000 GRP 2 WINTERBOTTOM STAKES (1200M)1 LUCKY SE...