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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...

Damien Oliver's riding style could be the key to Apache Cat avenging last year's defeat in the Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin.While not critical of Corey Brown's handling of the champion sprinter last...

Cat's not purring...Trainer Greg Eurell is to change plans for stable star Apache Cat. The popular speedster is recovering from a stone bruise and has been ruled out of a hitout in a barrier trial ...

The Stradbroke's off the menu for top sprinter Apache Cat despite his game win in the Doomben 10,000. Trainer Greg Eurell says Apache Cat is badly handicapped in the Stradbroke with 60kgs and his p...

Damien Oliver will be the new rider for Apache Cat, replacing Corey Brown, when the six-year-old runs in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday week.Trainer Greg Eurell said he was mysti...

Damien Oliver will be the new rider for Apache Cat, replacing Corey Brown, when the six-year-old runs in the Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday week.Trainer Greg Eurell said he was mysti...

Good decision by Greg Eurell to end Apache Cat's racing career. The great sprinter was racing below his best when he suffered that injury at Sha Tin last Sunday. GE says: 'He has a small fracture a...