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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...

Peter Wells was lost for words on Christmas Day after learning his good friend and fellow jockey Lachlan Fyfe had awoken from a coma.Upon hearing the news, Wells and his family cut short their Chri...

Greg Childs made winning a habit during his 30-year career and it was no different on his last day of riding.He won on Game Serena, the first of his four mounts on Saturday, but it wasn't a fairyta...

I read Roman Koz's article Level Pegging in PPM (February 1999 issue) with great attention, as staking plans have been an area of interest for me over the past 20-odd years. I've known Roman f...

I read Roman Koz's article Level Pegging in PPM (February 1999 issue) with great attention, as staking plans have been an area of interest for me over the past 20-odd years. I've known Roman f...

I read Roman Koz's article Level Pegging in PPM (February 1999 issue) with great attention, as staking plans have been an area of interest for me over the past 20-odd years. I've known Roman f...

Last month, Barry Meadow talked about the negative vibes that affect many punters. How do we overcome the feeling that we’re never going to win? How do we tackle the message that when you bet you ...