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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...

Local hero  Buffering  is picking up support from punters for the Doomben 10,000. He is now a $4 equal favourite with  Rebel Dane  for Saturday’s Group 1 $650,000 feature after being as short as $...

Local star Augusta Proud is the early fav for Sat's Dermody (Lightning Stakes) 1050m at Morphettville, according to the Betchoice market on Friday afternoon. The field, with the early prices, is as...

The James McDonald show rolled into Gosford on Sunday as the outstanding young jockey capped a memorable weekend with victory aboard Pampelonne in the $250,000 Gosford Guineas.Fresh from his four-w...

Expensive colt Light Brigade has maintained an unbeaten start to his career and jockey Rod Quinn has taken riding honours with a winning treble at Warwick Farm.A $1.4 million yearling, the Gai Wate...

With winter upon us, the state of the going at racetracks all around Australia will play its usual crucial role in determining the outcome of races. With this article, you will find a list of ho...