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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...

Chris Waller is pushing for the Sydney Cup

  Sydney Cup favorite Julienas has been penalised 1.5kg

The Lloyd Williams owned Mourayan continues to hold favoritism at $6.00 (5/1) for the 3200m Sydney Cup at Randwick, though Saturday's Randwick winner Hawk Island has now moved to equal second favo...

He didn't beat much in the Summer Cup at Rosehill on Boxing Day but import Le Roi did it in style. He's improving with every run for trainer Tony McEvoy. He says Le Roi will now return to Adelaide ...

Kelinni is the new Sydney Cup favourite

With five city meetings remaining in Sydney, Kiwi whiz kid James McDonald looks set to capture his first Sydney Metropolitan Jockeys Title, reports Racing Network. McDonald will resume riding in ...