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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...

A horse ridden by a South African in silks sporting a famous New Zealand emblem is poised to hijack the $100,000 Australia Day Cup at Randwick on Monday.In-form stayer Tommifrancs is the equal favo...

A horse ridden by a South African in silks sporting a famous New Zealand emblem is poised to hijack the $100,000 Australia Day Cup at Randwick on Monday.In-form stayer Tommifrancs is the equal favo...

The celebrations will be big in the Michael Lakey household if Wild Wilbur brings his provincial form to the city in the Jacobs Creek Handicap (1110m) at Doomben.Wild Wilbur, who will be chasing hi...

The celebrations will be big in the Michael Lakey household if Wild Wilbur brings his provincial form to the city in the Jacobs Creek Handicap (1110m) at Doomben.Wild Wilbur, who will be chasing hi...

Consistent mare Exceptionally will be looking to spoil the party for connections of evergreen galloper Zipping who is on track for a fourth win in the Group Two Sandown Classic.Zipping's owner Lloy...

One false step will deny early favourite Quality Road a start in this weekend's Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.The colt jogged more than 2500 metres at Belmont Park over the weekend in an effort...