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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...

An overdue win by Centennial Park in the Expressway Stakes at Rosehill was met with jubilation by David Payne while rival trainer Les Bridge was left scratching his head over Hot Danish's third pla...

Stakeswinner Centennial Park has overcome a minor setback and will line up at Rosehill on Saturday, weather permitting.Centennial Park, named after the famous venue in Sydney's eastern suburbs wher...

Centennial Park faces a much tougher first-up assignment in Saturday's Group Two Expressway Stakes than trainer David Payne expected.But the horseman admits the 1200-metre feature at Rosehill will ...

Centennial Park faces a much tougher first-up assignment in Saturday's Group Two Expressway Stakes than trainer David Payne expected.But the horseman admits the 1200-metre feature at Rosehill will ...

Astute trainer David Payne needs to start Stradbroke hopeful Centennial Park at Randwick on Saturday, but is concerned about his charge's chances on a heavy track.Payne has the Group One Stradbroke...

Astute trainer David Payne needs to start Stradbroke hopeful Centennial Park at Randwick on Saturday, but is concerned about his charge's chances on a heavy track.Payne has the Group One Stradbroke...