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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...

DANIELLE JOHNSON, the daughter of New Zealand riding great Peter Johnson, is headed to Australia early next month to ride at country venues. The 19-year-old Auckland-based apprentice is on a two-we...

After more than 20 years as a trainer in the United States, Murray Johnson kicked off the latest chapter of his training career in style today with a winner from his first Australian runner.

From NEIL FRANKLYNDI'S BOY4g : Trainer - Marty Johnson13 starts : 3 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Slow : HeavyShowy grey gelding with plenty of speed, but I'd li...

TRY A BIT ON YOUR BACKSIDE.So the whip doesn't hurt?The latest salvo has been fired in my Sunday paper.The writer is quite sure that horses are not hurt by the whip, which is now a gentle and human...

While he will continue to unveil the seemingly never-ending production line of Godolphin’s juveniles at Warwick Farm on Tuesday, John O’Shea will also showcase two of his potential autumn and spri...

Here's an experiment: For the next 100 races, simply try to pick the winner. Don't worry about price. Just go for the maximum number of winners, but you can't skip any races. I'll bet that no mat...