Mufasa 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...

Sneak A Peek , the  Peter Moody-trained import  who was once a leading Caulfield Cup contender, is a chance to resume at Wodonga this Friday. The Italian gelding headlines entries for this week’...

British trainer Mark Johnston came to Australia with such high hopes of winning the 1995 Melbourne Cup that he decided to fully savour the experience by travelling to Flemington by train and in a k...

The Melbourne Cup is once again on its way to France after Dunaden claimed Australia's most famous race, but only just.It was the closest finish in the history of the Cup, with winning rider Christ...

TRAINER Leon Macdonald expects to be spending quite some time in Melbourne in the spring as he readies early Melbourne Cup fancy Rebel Raider for his campaign, but the Adelaide horseman will be rep...

C'est La Guerre has displaced his Lloyd Williams-owned stablemate Mourayan as favourite for Saturday's Sydney Cup.The winner of the 2008 New Zealand Derby, C'est La Guerre has won just one race in ...

With the final field declared, More Joyous remains an even-money ($2.00) fav for Sat's Doncaster Mile 1600m at Randwick. She is well clear of Triple Elegance $7.00on the second line.LATEST DONCASTE...