Jack Of It 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...

The Peter Moody trained Doubtful Jack has been installed the early fav at $2.30 (11/8) for Sat's Winter Championship final 1600m at Flemington. The IASbet.com market has DJ's stablemate Ghostmilk o...

Sad to see Jack Denham die at 85. Much of his amazing life story probably died with him. He rarely gave interviews and had a frosty relationship wih the press. Most journos didn't bother trying to ...

Prominent racehorse trainer Jack Denham has died in Sydney aged 85.Denham was still active as a trainer and racegoer until he recently became ill and was admitted to hospital.The trainer of many Gr...

The Peter Moody-trained three-year-old Doubtful Jack has booked himself a shot at next month's $1 million Magic Millions 3YO Trophy with a dominant win at Moonee Valley.Doubtful Jack was a beaten f...

The Peter Moody-trained three-year-old Doubtful Jack has booked himself a shot at next month's $1 million Magic Millions 3YO Trophy with a dominant win at Moonee Valley.Doubtful Jack was a beaten f...

Veteran jockey Robert Thompson is hoping he will be legged aboard the 2009 autumn carnival version of Youthful Jack when he reunites with the sprinter at Randwick on Saturday.Thompson will partner ...