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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...

Early betting on Sat's Villiers sees Stratofortress on top at $6.00 (5/1), clear of Rhythm of Dance $8.50 (15/2). The TAB Sportsbet market:VILLIERS STAKES STRATOFORTRESS 6.00 RHYTHM OF DANCE 8.50 S...

The benefits of Sheikh Mohammed's new training facility at Agnes Banks on Sydney's outskirts are beginning to show with a re-energised Parthian claiming a never-say-die victory at Randwick.Darley h...

Sydney's weather seems certain to thwart Mentality's Villiers Stakes campaign with rain forecast for the next four days.The triple Group One winner was among the acceptors for Saturday's Villiers l...

Michael Rodd continued his brilliant form in black-type races when he guided the Guy Walter-trained Slapstick to victory in the Group Three Keith Nolan Classic at Kembla Grange.The victory was Rodd...

A minor suspensory injury has forced early favourite Stratofortress out of Saturday's Villiers Stakes.The injury will also rule the Newcastle Cup winner out of next year's autumn carnival."It's onl...

Gerald Ryan will rely on Adnocon to represent his stable in Saturday's Group Two Villiers Stakes with in-form mare Dances On Waves to run in a restricted race on the Randwick program.The Rosehill t...