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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...

Mark Kavanagh has savoured Cox Plate jubilation, but he may enjoy the moment again this spring with Super Cool, who emerged from a Victoria Derby recap to claim Sat's Australian Cup. Kavanagh ident...

Some of my biggest wins in racing have come from backing doubles. At one stage in my betting career I more or less bet doubles to the exclusion of other forms of betting. For various reasons, inc...

Some of my biggest wins in racing have come from backing doubles. At one stage in my betting career I more or less bet doubles to the exclusion of other forms of betting. For various reasons, inc...

Some of my biggest wins in racing have come from backing doubles. At one stage in my betting career I more or less bet doubles to the exclusion of other forms of betting. For various reasons, inc...

Some of my biggest wins in racing have come from backing doubles. At one stage in my betting career I more or less bet doubles to the exclusion of other forms of betting. For various reasons, inc...

When the editor came up with this idea, he really sparked some fiery opinions around the office. Our newest member argued that the magazine really shouldn't be telling people about all the mista...