Iridessa Horse

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...

Zurella's connections are tossing up between the Australian Oaks and the New Zealand Derby after she bounced back to form in the Sir Tristram Classic at Te Rapa.Zurella disappointed when fifth on a...

When a Practical Punting reader asked which form factors matter most, he listed twelve — and The Optimist turned the answer into a two-part masterclass. In Part 1, Gordon covers the first three: da...

Michael Moroney is keen to make the most of Brazilian Pulse's three-year-old season with the filly set to be given a chance to chase a treble of Oaks victories.With the VRC Oaks already in her keep...

Dermot Weld's top Melbourne Cup chance Profound Beauty will tackle four rivals in her next lead-up run in Ireland on Thursday. She'll run in the Grp 3 Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown, a race she w...

David Payne will give lightly-raced filly Reem the chance to prove she is worthy of a VRC Oaks start this spring.The daughter of Galileo is one of three runners for the Rosehill trainer in the six-...

David Payne will give lightly-raced filly Reem the chance to prove she is worthy of a VRC Oaks start this spring.The daughter of Galileo is one of three runners for the Rosehill trainer in the six-...