Global Star 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 Gold Cup is the traditional highlight of the Royal Ascot meeting, but the showpiece race could be overshadowed this year by an opening-day card featuring a stellar cast and an international fla...

An American-bred, Australian-owned horse trained by a Frenchman and ridden by a Hong Kong-based jockey cemented the 150th Melbourne Cup as a truly global event.Americain reigned supreme over one of...

An American-bred, Australian-owned horse trained by a Frenchman and ridden by a Hong Kong-based jockey cemented the 150th Melbourne Cup as a truly global event.Americain reigned supreme over one of...

TAB has opened smart filly Madeenaty as the early favourite for the 2yo Magic Millions, priced at $7.00 after an impressive display over the Melbourne Cup Carnival. In what looks to be an open ...

Global interest in Victoria’s Spring Racing Carnival continues to soar with a record number of international entries received for this year’s Caulfield Cup and Sportingbet Cox Plate, reports Raci...

Speaking at his pre-season press briefing at Sha Tin Racecourse last Saturday (Sept 1), the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges outlined the Club's commitme...