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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...

  It surprised nobody to see Greg Carpenter tweet the following after Saturday night's action:

Clarry Conners hasn't had to look far for inspiration recently, it's virtually been on the doorstep of his Warwick Farm stables.The four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer's eldest son Marc, whose...

Clarry Conners hasn't had to look far for inspiration recently, it's virtually been on the doorstep of his Warwick Farm stables.The four-time Golden Slipper-winning trainer's eldest son Marc, whose...

This year started better than the last one ended for trainer Paul Cave who is hoping his stable star German Chocolate can keep the good times rolling by recapturing his best form at Randwick on Sat...

Fighting with yourself! This is a description a friend gave me when trying to explain what form analysis is all about. People who are not into racing never understand what it’s all about. Some of...

Let's start with what they call the "disclaimer". Most of my plunges have failed. If you're still reading, it means you are either an understanding type, or that you really do understand. I've g...