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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 road to the premier autumn staying races begins on Saturday for spring revelation Doctor Doom.The Guy Walter-trained gelding will line up in a talent-laden Royal Sovereign Stakes (1200m) at War...

Melbourne Cup favourites Mount Athos and Green Moon are both safely in the Emirates Melbourne Cup field as it stands today following the release of the initial Order of Entry.Progressive English st...

Promising stayer Fieldmaster will take another step towards better races over summer and a possible tilt at the Mornington Cup in February when he tackles the Peter Moody Handicap at Caulfield on W...

Authorities fear yet another horse has died from the Hendra virus in southern Queensland.The horse fell ill and died at Park Ridge, south of Brisbane, on Monday night, not far from where other Hend...

Sertorius is back in work with the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 8 the Jamie Edwards and Bruce Elkington-trained gelding's initial target, reports Racing Victoria.

It’s always a surprise when you discover that your pet theories have been built on shifting sands. For example, place betting is a safe way to bet; after all, you have three chances of getting a r...