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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...

NEW Zealand stewards are likely to set a date next week to deal with two issues involving jockey Lisa Cropp, reports Racing Network. Ross Neal, the co-chief steward of New Zealand Racing’s integr...

PREMIER Sydney trainer Chris Waller will train all yearlings purchased this year by leading syndicator Star Thoroughbreds. Denise Martin, owner of Star Thoroughbreds, made the shock announcement ...

Nathan Berry will return to Sydney as soon as possible to continue his fight against serious illness, reports Racing Network. After Nathan's 2 weeks of fighting the rare and potentially fatal NORS...

Racing Victoria (RV) Chief Executive, Rob Hines, has issued the following statement in response to the article titled "Police probe racing corruption" in The Age newspaper."We welcome Victoria Poli...

Gai Waterhouse has cut short an overseas trip and is expected to arrive in Sydney on Friday following the death of her mother Valerie Smith.Mrs Smith had been in ill health for some time and died e...

The above comment used to get my vote as the silliest comment in general use around the racing traps. Does it mean the horse will finish second? Or last? When you think about it, the person utteri...