Mr Accurate 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...

Dr Tom Brennan, a central figure in the cobalt investigations that are taking place in Victoria and NSW, has admitted to stewards in both states that he has not provided accurate evidence, reports...

Statistics can be meaningful helpmates when looking at racing. They also can lead you into a minefield of miscalculations! The fact is, statistics can be twisted around to suit any case that's bei...

This month we will continue our examination of the relationship between starting price (SP) and 'true' odds. By examining nearly 200,000 starters during the two year period August 1, 1988 to July...

Hello again. I'm starting to like this, especially as there were some lovely letters from (yes, you guessed it) lady readers this month. I have answered them, and hope the answers were useful. Ans...

Hello again. I'm starting to like this, especially as there were some lovely letters from (yes, you guessed it) lady readers this month. I have answered them, and hope the answers were useful. Ans...

Hello again. I'm starting to like this, especially as there were some lovely letters from (yes, you guessed it) lady readers this month. I have answered them, and hope the answers were useful. Ans...