Proud Warrior Horse

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...

Gold Coast jockey Paul Hammersley has had a field day at Grafton, steering home three winners including Warrior Within to claim the Grafton Cup and Sister Havana in the feature sprint, the Sir Jame...

Manighar has been one of the best supported runners in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on Saturday. Opening $4.40 wkith the TAB on Wednesday the seven-year-old has firmed into $3.60 and is cha...

Trainer Mark Kavanagh's luck has taken a turn for the better with Shocking putting in a sparkling effort to win the Lexus Stakes, his final lead-up to the Melbourne Cup.The Kavanagh-trained Victori...

Trainer Mark Kavanagh's luck has taken a turn for the better with Shocking putting in a sparkling effort to win the Lexus Stakes, his final lead-up to the Melbourne Cup.The Kavanagh-trained Victori...

There is no doubt about the racing world. Almost every day there is something of interest or controversy to occupy the mind and I guess it is this volatility that keeps us horse racing fans coming ...

There is no doubt about the racing world. Almost every day there is something of interest or controversy to occupy the mind and I guess it is this volatility that keeps us horse racing fans coming ...