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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...

The Irish-bred stayer Bauer has it all on the line when he runs in Wednesday's Group Three Geelong Cup.But those who know him best believe he is up to a task so famously achieved by his compatriot ...

English stayer Bauer is virtually assured of a getting his chance to emulate Irish raider Media Puzzle in the Melbourne Cup after he was penalised one kilogram for winning the Geelong Cup.The penal...

English stayer Bauer is on track to emulate Irish stayer Media Puzzle after he charged to an impressive victory in Wednesday's Group Three Geelong Cup.Damien Oliver, who won the Geelong Cup and Mel...

Tanby has opened favorite at $3.50 over French-trained galloper Dunaden $4.60 in Wed's 2400m Geelong Cup. Bauer, winner of the 2008 Geelong Cup, has attracted some early interest at $5.50. Americai...

Systems: A Few Thoughts.I just finished an article for an upcoming issue of PPM. In it I paid tribute to the delightful Ian Barns, who passed on a few years back after for many years editing his ow...

Dual Melbourne Cup winning trainer Dermot Weld has taken a swipe at Australian authorities for not paying travel costs for international horses coming to the spring carnival.The Irish trainer is th...