High Ambitions 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...

Astute trainer Barbara Joseph has prepared some smart mares during her time and she is hoping she has found another one in the up-and-coming Logan's Choice.Joseph, who has put the polish on the lik...

Autumn plans for Group One winner Ilovethiscity are up in the air following a perplexing barrier trial performance.Trainer Grahame Begg had been considering taking Ilovethiscity to Melbourne for a ...

So many times we’ve discussed place betting, and yet many readers never tire of the challenge. The basic issue of insurance has been one that I’ve raised time and again, given that you have eith...

So many times we’ve discussed place betting, and yet many readers never tire of the challenge. The basic issue of insurance has been one that I’ve raised time and again, given that you have eith...

Hong Kong racing will have another world class rider in the jockeys’ room from next week when Brazilian ace Joao Moreira picks up his licence, and the Singapore champion received a warm reception...