Hero 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...

Trainer Mike Moroney believes Viking Hero and veteran Tinseltown can go a long way to turning around his Brisbane Cup fortunes this winter when the pair clash in the Group Three Premier's Cup at Do...

Trainer Mike Moroney believes Viking Hero and veteran Tinseltown can go a long way to turning around his Brisbane Cup fortunes this winter when the pair clash in the Group Three Premier's Cup at Do...

Four-year-old Viking Hero has surprised his connections and won the Group Three Eclipse Stakes after they nearly scratched him because of the heavy track.Trainer Mike Moroney said he spoke to part-...

from HK RACING POSTThe gloss might have come off the very talented three-year-old sprinter Bear Hero, but the David Ferraris-trained colt returns to his best arena in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Comm...

Mike Moroney will remove blinkers from Viking Hero in a bid to help boost his chances of a quinella in the Listed Caloundra Cup on Saturday.It hasn't quite been the gold rush Moroney had hoped for ...

Good to see Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden is back racing again in the UK this weekend. Dunaden will make his first appearance for 2012 on Sat night when he tackles the Grp 2 Qatar Bloodstock Jockey ...