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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...

From NEIL FRANKLYNSMOKIN GUN3g : C Thornton : Cambridge6 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1600mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : Dead Promising miler who rewarded his army of suppo...

From NEIL FRANKLYNHE'S GLOVIN IT3g : A Scott : Matamata3 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1600mTrack conditions won on : Dead : SlowThis customer was mightly impressive at his most recent start ...

From NEIL FRANKLYNBELLAPIN3f : Trainer - Graeme & Debbie Rogerson9 starts : 2 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1230m - 1300mTrack conditions won on : Good : SlowVersatile filly who can handle tr...

From NEIL FRANKLYNEXTRA EXPLOSIVE3f : A Scott : Matamata4 starts : 2 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Dead : HeavyThis filly impressed me immensely during her fresh...

From NEIL FRANKLYN in AucklandTIGERMAN4g : G Searle : Awapuni4 starts : 3 wins Win distance range : 1200m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : Dead : SlowIndian Danehill sprinter whose career has begun...

Though last week I trumpeted the virtues of knowing when to draw the line on a day's punting, that notion is a far more difficult beast when applied to a horse's overall campaign. How often do you ...