Its No Secret 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...

Last month I talked about ways and means of studying the form in greyhound races and put forward some ideas to help the form student come to grips with the intricacies of the formlines. I outline...

In the latest part in his series on greyhound racing, George 'Barker' Bellfield hands out some useful tips on how to devise your own selection system for the dogs. Anyone contemplating operating...

In the latest part in his series on greyhound racing, George 'Barker' Bellfield hands out some useful tips on how to devise your own selection system for the dogs. Anyone contemplating operating...

Last issue I talked about the various important factors that, used intelligently, will enable you to narrow a field of greyhounds down to the main contenders. From that point, you can analyse thes...

Last issue I talked about the various important factors that, used intelligently, will enable you to narrow a field of greyhounds down to the main contenders. From that point, you can analyse thes...

Punters who bet on greyhound racing are notorious for wanting action, action, action. It’s against their best financial interests to bet in this frantic way (that is, every possible race!) but the...