October Star 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...

Former highly-rated New Zealand three-year-old filly  Role Model  was an impressive trial winner at Royal Randwick this morning for new trainer Gai Waterhouse.

2007 winner Efficient and his Lloyd Williams-owned stablemate Alandi have been given equal topweight of 58kg for the 150th Melbourne Cup.The Godolphin pair of Cavalryman and Mastery, along with Jap...

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...

October 10: Caulfield Guineas dayBest of luck to you all - looks like another great days racing.PENSIONER PLAN selectionsPlan 1: WILD CAT selections - do not backCaulfield 7-13-4-11-7-8-1-7-3Rosehi...

Australian racegoers could get their first look at boom Kiwi colt Cauthen as early as next week. Trainer Andrew Campbell is considering a start in the $80,000 3YO benchmark 78 race over 1000 metr...

Dual Group 1 winner  Dan Excel  arrived in Sydney on Monday in preparation for October's $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate, reports Racing Network. The John Moore-trained horse will spend a f...