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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...

Racing Victoria stewards have charged leading Melbourne trainer Peter Moody in relation to a positive swab taken from one of his runners. Stewards charged Moody with a breach of AR 178 after the tr...

Despite a less than perfect lead up campaign, Victoria Derby winner Monaco Consul has settled in well at Randwick in prep for Sat's AJC Derby. Paul Moroney, brother of trainer Mike Moroney, says th...

THE Caulfield and Melbourne cups build-up for the John O'Shea-trained Zabrasive was cranked up a notch at Flemington yesterday, with the Rosehill Guineas winner fitted with blinkers in preparation ...

Jockey Craig Newitt has flagged Sydney galloper Zabrasive as a big improver with blinkers back on in the Group One Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.The four-year-old, who finished second last in the G...

Moudre remains fav for the Caulfield Cup after Saturday's racing, according to the market from Betstar.CAULFIELD CUPMoudre 9.00 Dariana 13.00 Herculian Prince 13.00 Shoot Out 15.00 Vigor 15.00 Fain...

Cups betting has taken a fresh twist after Shocking's surprise win in the Makybe Diva 1600m at Flemington. He's now outright fav for the Melbourne Cup. Warrnambool boom stayer Moudre remains fav f...