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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...

Tough call for Ben Melham...With the ride on the rejuvenated Alcopop on offer for him in the Grp 1 Australian Cup (2000m) on Saturday, Melham's been hit with a suspension that might mean he'll mi...

Apprentice Tim Bell's appeal against a nine meeting suspension he copped at Wyong on Dec 23 has been dismissed. The Racing NSW Appeal Panel, however, has reduced his suspension by one meeting. Bell...

CRAIG Williams rode four winners at Flemington .

Three Victorian jockeys have been suspended for a total of more than eight months after separate post-race incidents at New Year's Day race meetings.On Monday Racing Victoria stewards hit Ben Smith...

Three Victorian jockeys have been suspended for a total of more than eight months after separate post-race incidents at New Year's Day race meetings.On Monday Racing Victoria stewards hit Ben Smith...

Sydney’s premier jockey in-waiting James McDonald may be forced to wait some more before he is able to get past Nash Rawiller on the premiership table. McDonald has been suspended for six meeting...