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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...

Sepoy's chances of setting a weight-carrying record for a three-year-old in the time-honoured Oakleigh Plate have slipped according to betting markets across the country.But trainer Peter Snowden r...

I conducted a recent test among my friends, all keen amateur punters who prided themselves on having an intimate knowledge of racing and betting. I asked them the simple question: What percentage ...

Australia is on the drift in betting for the UK Derby but the favourite's jockey Joseph O'Brien remains excited about his prospects, reports At The Races. O'Brien and his father Aidan became the ...

GROUPS GALORESaturday at Flemington is probably their second biggest day of the year, group-wise.It's all go, from start to finish, with three of the nine races at the very top level:a Group One we...

Will French raider Dunaden wind up the raceday favorite for the Melbourne Cup? Bookies reckon it depends on whether Craig Williams rides. The popular rider is seekin a stay of proceedings at the Vi...

Chris Waller is on target for another improved season in terms of winners after breaking through the 100 win barrier in Sydney at Rosehill on Saturday.Tromso's fast-finishing performance to take ou...