Little Wizard 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 seemingly ageless Takeover Target produced one of the most dominant displays of his career to win the TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick with regular partner Jay Ford watching from the sidelines.Heavy...

Australian sprint hero Takeover Target showed trainer Joe Janiak he was spot-on for Saturday week's TJ Smith Stakes with an all-the-way barrier trial victory at Warwick Farm on Tuesday.Torrential r...

Trainer Mick Price is the first to admit Bel Mer is not as good as either Takeover Target or Apache Cat but he believes she could have the fitness edge to surprise the stars in the TJ Smith Stakes ...

Takeover Target's farewell to Sydney racing has been overshadowed by the shock riding engagement of Nash Rawiller but bookmakers believe there will be no fairytale ending anyway with Apache Cat fav...

International sprint star Takeover Target had nothing more than a stroll in the park when racking up win number 19 in the Group Three AJ Scahill Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.The Joe Janiak-trained n...

Takeover Target has continued his impressive build-up to Saturday's Group One The Goodwood with a gallop on the course proper at Morphettville with Jay Ford back in the saddle.The jockey returns to...