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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...

Brenton Avdulla says winning a Sydney apprentices' title isn't a priority goal but it's a good enough reason to remain indentured to trainer Anthony Cummings.Avdulla, hoping to continue a golden ru...

Outstanding apprentice Brenton Avdulla's request to be fast-tracked into senior riding ranks has been cleared by Racing NSW stewards.Avdulla, indentured to Randwick trainer Anthony Cummings, will r...

Leading Queensland Derby aspirant Shootoff will be tested against older horses in the Lord Mayor's Cup on Saturday before he heads north for the Classic.The Graeme Rogerson-trained gelding is $10 s...

Steven King has an early guide to his spring chances following the wins of two of his prize mounts, Rostova and Predatory Pricer, at the Cranbourne trials on Monday.Rostova won the sixth trial in 4...

Steven King has an early guide to his spring chances following the wins of two of his prize mounts, Rostova and Predatory Pricer, at the Cranbourne trials on Monday.Rostova won the sixth trial in 4...

Brenton Avdulla has been called in to see if he can conjure another surprise result for trainer Gary Portelli.Hailed by the Warwick Farm trainer as a miracle worker after riding Rose Of Peace to a ...