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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 FRANKLYNSAY NO MORE3f : Trainer - Paul Duncan2 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1050m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : DeadThis young filly has been to the races on just two occasions ...

Improving filly Soapbox scored a stylish victory at the metropolitan meeting at Gosford on Wednesday to provide Exceed and Excel with his 19th Australian juvenile winner of the season,reports Tara ...

Heading back for the winter carnival in Qld...The Yves Seguin-trained Arcenciel proved a class above her rivals when taking out the Bay Of Plenty Cup (2100m) at Tauranga on Saturday and now she's s...

Matt Stewart, of the Melbourne Herald Sun, reckons Kerrin McEvoy (a Victorian) has become the 'whipping boy' for Sydney's racing media, even the chief steward. Stewart's had a stinging crack at TVN...

Sacred Elixir has surged into favouritism with TAB for the Victoria Derby, in from $8.00 to $4.60. However Morvada has been the biggest mover overall, firming from $51 to $13 after an impressiv...

Michael Rodd is talking the talk about his Melbourne Cup mount Red Cadeaux. He reckons 'Red' ticks plenty of boxes in any form appraisal and considers him a 'strong chance' in the big race. He says...