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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...

A major part of the punt involves risk. This is not ground breaking news but the punters who availed themselves of the $7.60 available on Betfair for Shoot Out last Saturday felt quite vindicated w...

The Silk Stocking could be the stepping stone to a Stradbroke Handicap berth for Conquering Queen who sizzled across the turf to score a brilliant first-up win at Doomben.At her first run since Nov...

The Silk Stocking could be the stepping stone to a Stradbroke Handicap berth for Conquering Queen who sizzled across the turf to score a brilliant first-up win at Doomben.At her first run since Nov...

Team Hawkes is counting on a tongue tie helping Love Conquers All return to his best form in the Group One Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.The brilliant Mossman four-year-old won s...

Dual Stradbroke Handicap winner Black Piranha's lead-up to the Emirates Stakes has pleased his jockey Corey Brown who believes he can add a third Group One to his resume on Saturday.Brown rode Blac...

Jockey Michael Rodd says Shocking can conquer weight and a wide barrier to become one of the all-time great Melbourne Cup winners.Rodd said a second Melbourne Cup win with topweight of 57kg from th...