Must Be Nice 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...

Pick 'em to win and bet 'em to place! How often have we heard that little piece of advice? Lots. But the man who originated it had a moot point. He should have drawn the line at a certain price. ...

Pick 'em to win and bet 'em to place! How often have we heard that little piece of advice? Lots. But the man who originated it had a moot point. He should have drawn the line at a certain price. ...

áMaking Money at The Races (3)Last time I was talking with you about systems and how they can be devised. This session is about the second way I listed: professional selectors.Of course I have my b...

The most amazing thing about many systems and staking plans is probably that they are usually so very simple. A plan that rocked the nation nearly two years ago was The Dark Horse, yet its heart...

The most amazing thing about many systems and staking plans is probably that they are usually so very simple. A plan that rocked the nation nearly two years ago was The Dark Horse, yet its heart...

Nine Tales may have a crack at the Winter Championship Series providing the tracks aren't too wet but first he must overcome a wide draw if he is to win second-up at Caulfield on Saturday.The Tale ...