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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...

Peter Moody is confident Australasian Oaks winner Lights Of Heaven is going to measure up to the top grade again this spring.But which path she takes will be determined after her first two or three...

Jockey Luke Nolen believes Manighar is a worthy Doomben Cup favourite but has warned the weight-for-age feature remains an open race.The Peter Moody-trained Manighar is the $2.40 favourite with TAB...

David Hayes is hoping the Australian debut of German stakeswinner Budai in the Lawrence Stakes can ease the pain of a chest injury inflicted by another imported galloper.Hayes had his chest muscle ...

Mike Moroney says import Glass Harmonium is the best-performed of his eight Melbourne Cup entries and is looking for a good first-up showing from the grey in Saturday's Makybe Diva Stakes.The Vergl...

Mike Moroney says import Glass Harmonium is the best-performed of his eight Melbourne Cup entries and is looking for a good first-up showing from the grey in Saturday's Makybe Diva Stakes.The Vergl...

Perth Cup winner Guest Wing will be among the major players this spring for West Australian trainer Shane Edwards who has set up a satellite stable at Geelong.The five-year-old is among nine horses...