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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...

The  Darren Weir -trained  Black Heart Bart  remains a strong favourite to win the Group One Goodwood at Morphettvill e on Saturd ay.   The gelding opened at $3.50 in the All-In market but has...

Punters will find out if Ghisoni is the real deal this weekend as she tackles the Coolmore Classic as equal $4.60 favorite with TAB. With only three starts to her name, Ghisoni will go head to ...

Azkadellia may be the $2.80 favourite for the Doomben 10000 but TAB punters are giving Fell Swoop and Delectation a real shot, both priced at $6.00. The money is split between the three horses...

Hauraki remains the clear favourite for the Doomben Cup, but Our Ivanhowe appears to be the punters' pick, with over half of the money bet with TAB saying he can win his first race in Australia. ...