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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...

Queensland stewards have laid a charge against of Australia's best-known punters during an inquiry which has already led to a leading jockey's disqualification.Stephen Fletcher, described by stewar...

A Queensland jockey must undergo counselling for a gambling problem after he was suspended for betting on thoroughbred races.Lyle Finlay was given a three-month suspension and fined $1000 during an...

The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board will hear the charge laid by Racing Victoria stewards against licensed trainer Robert Smerdon at 10.30am on Thursday, 7 February 2013, says Racing Victoria...

Victorian Jockeys Association chief Des O'Keeffe has described a six-week suspension for apprentice Talia Rodder on a running and handling charge as tantamount to "killing Bambi".Stewards charged R...

The official findings into the race fall that left jockey Danny Brereton with spinal injuries concluded yesterday when Mark Zahra was found guilty of careless riding and suspended until January 1, ...

Jockey Danny Nikolic has pleaded not guilty to charges of improper practice and conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing at an inquiry in Melbourne.Last month, Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) s...