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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...

Houtzen has firmed into $3.20 following the announcement of the final field for the two-year-old Magic Millions Classic Final today.   “In an amazing market, we have seen four different favourite...

From Within ($3.60) has moved into favouritism for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic following the barrier draw on Tuesday morning. The Chris Waller trained filly has been the best backed in the rac...

Wow! What a fabulous run from Aussie mare Ortensia to win the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York overnight. Paul Messara's seven-year-old was almost last and at least 10 lengths behind the leader at...

Big shock of the day - superstar All Too Hard's race morning scratching from Sat's Australian Guineas due to an elevated temperature. Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes says ATH simply had a cold, and it was...

Bart Cummings has advised stewards the Grp I-winning stayer Empires Choice sustained a pectoral muscle injury when running last in the David Jones Cup (2000m) at Caulfield last Sat. The injury rule...

At last, victory for Australia at Dubai...Bonny mare Ortensia took out the Al Quoz Sprint. She came from last with a slashing final 200m to score drawing away under a cool ride from Craig Williams ...