Miss Beneteau 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...

Early Golden Slipper betting...Blue Diamond fav Beneteau is at $7.00 at head of Slipper market...Solar Charged from the John O'Shea stable is 2nd pick at $8.00...Chance Bye, who has won both starts...

The strength of the Blue Diamond Stakes form will be put to the test at Randwick on Saturday and punters expect it to stack up.Classy colt Beneteau, who finished third as favourite to Star Witness ...

The strength of the Blue Diamond Stakes form will be put to the test at Randwick on Saturday and punters expect it to stack up.Classy colt Beneteau, who finished third as favourite to Star Witness ...

A few years ago, pottering around with sales cast-offs was the main fare for young trainer Paul Messara.But in a sign of how far he has come in a short time, he will chase his second Group One vict...

Gold Coast speedster Military Rose remains the early fav at $3.40 for Sat's Grp 1 1200m Golden Slipper at Rosehill. The latest TAB Sportsbet market has Crystal Lily (late entry) at $6.50. Last Sat'...

Paul Messara gained his wish when race favourite Beneteau drew barrier nine for Saturday's $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.However the Tony Vasil camp was downcast when second favourite...