October 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...

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Punters are warming to a local Melbourne Cup chance with Jameka ($8.00), the only Australian bred horse in the field, best backed with TAB today. The third elect has had 18% of the money today, w...

Wednesday morning trackwork at Werribee generally took on a more sedate nature today compared to yesterday morning. Although the wind still made the conditions a little chilly, it wasn’t as much ...

The Group Three Celebration Cup has been the scene of some upset results and Tony Millard-trained Super Lifeline has a chance to spring one more against the big names at Sha Tin this afternoon, r...