Magic Shadow 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...

Shadow Assassin's senior part-owner Neil Werrett will interrupt a skiing holiday in Japan to watch his youngster bid for Magic Millions Classic glory at the Gold Coast.Werrett who races the Dane Sh...

The race for next month's $1 million Magic Millions 3YO Trophy continues with quality gallopers from around Australia set to compete with Shadow Assassin, Temple of Boom, Shoot Out, Deer Valley and...

Trainer Garry White is hoping the two-year-olds he sends around at Rosehill on Saturday can measure up to the standard set by Foreign News.White is going through a re-building phase with 16 of the ...

Unbeaten Queensland filly Paprika has strengthened her hold on the $2 million Magic Millions Classic with her fourth and most impressive victory.The Liam Birchley-trained two-year-old stretched out...

Brightexpectations bolstered Gai Waterhouse's impressive record in the Magic Millions Wyong Slipper when he scored a thrilling victory in the $200,000 race.Brightexpectations looks set to be a majo...

Brightexpectations bolstered Gai Waterhouse's impressive record in the Magic Millions Wyong Slipper when he scored a thrilling victory in the $200,000 race.Brightexpectations looks set to be a majo...