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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...

From NEIL FRANKLYNTED'LL DO6g : Trainer - Shelley Hale17 starts : 3 wins : 4 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 2100mTrack conditions won on : Good : Dead : SlowThis customer had yet to appear on m...

Mastery has ended a five year drought in British Classics for the Godolphin team with victory in the English St Leger.There have been many top-flight triumphs for the stable since Rule Of Law in 20...

Mastery has ended a five year drought in British Classics for the Godolphin team with victory in the English St Leger.There have been many top-flight triumphs for the stable since Rule Of Law in 20...

Jockey Sally Wynne says unbeaten filly Sensational Report is shaping as a potential stakes winner despite her unfashionable pedigree.The All Chatter three-year-old is not very big but with her bril...

Trainer Mike Moroney is leaning towards keeping Butwaittheresmore home at Flemington for the Bagot Handicap rather than venturing west for the Perth Cup.Both staying features are on New Year's Day ...

How can the average punter win using speed ratings? Last month I talked about various aspects of this intricate approach, and presented you with a full-page listing of 'ratings' for various sprint...