Love My Space 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...

There's been no sign of cider at Tulloch Lodge - only champagne - after an utterly dominant autumn carnival. Pierro's golden run, Laser Hawk's emergence, More Joyous' greatest triumph and a string ...

Last month I began telling you about the quick, time-saving method I use to simplify 'doing the form'. Initially I look for potential losers. First among these is potential LOSING RACES. To quick...

When it was suggested that I should come up with my five basic or fundamental rules" or "points" associated with my racing investment, the first thing I did was head for my diaries. My diaries co...

When it comes to sprint or staying races, how do we decide which is the better medium or maybe which offers the better chances for punters? One way of examining the overall situation is to have ...

When I started my research for this series, the very first thing that struck me was just how many ‘experts’ are out there, around the world, all using their own ideas and angles to make racing pay...

When I started my research for this series, the very first thing that struck me was just how many ‘experts’ are out there, around the world, all using their own ideas and angles to make racing pay...