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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...

Sydney filly Ambers Waltz remains favourite for the $2 million Magic Millions Classic ahead of Tuesday's declaration of final fields and barrier draw.Final acceptances will also be taken for the $1...

While several of the two-year-olds racing this weekend are launching last-ditch attempts to get into the Magic Millions field, trainer Chris Waller is resigned to not having a runner in the Gold Co...

Speculation Wyong would lose its Magic Millions races has been debunked with a five-year extension between the club and the thoroughbred sales company.The successful meeting at the Central Coast on...

From Within ($3.60) has moved into favouritism for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic following the barrier draw on Tuesday morning. The Chris Waller trained filly has been the best backed in the rac...

Unbeaten Queanbeyan filly Karuta Queen has been installed as favourite for next month's $2 million Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast.TAB Sportsbet on Tuesday posted the Neville Layt-trained ...

Magic Millions Trophy equal favourite Express Air continues to thrive since her gallant second to the outstanding Youthful Jack at Doomben.Trainer Rex Lipp said he could not be happier with the Pic...