Red Stiletto 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...

The Bart Cummings-trained Gliding has been the biggest mover in betting for the VRC Oaks 2500m on Nov 3 following her impressive win over 2000m at Caulfield. Gliding's Oaks quote has been slashed b...

Arabian Gold will be looking for further riches in the VRC Oaks after winning today’s NZ Bloodstock Ethereal Stakes. Immediately after the win, TAB price assessors slashed her price to win the Oa...

Last start winner Brazilian Pulse is the early fav for Thursday's VRC Oaks 2500m at Flemington. The latest market from TAB Sportsbet has BP at $3.40 ahead of Sasa $4.60, Precious Lorraine $6.00 and...

The early VRC Oaks markets certainly make for interesting reading. Atlantic Jewel could not have been more impressive in her two most recent wins but she has come up $3.60, and certainly doesn't lo...

David Payne will give lightly-raced filly Reem the chance to prove she is worthy of a VRC Oaks start this spring.The daughter of Galileo is one of three runners for the Rosehill trainer in the six-...

David Payne will give lightly-raced filly Reem the chance to prove she is worthy of a VRC Oaks start this spring.The daughter of Galileo is one of three runners for the Rosehill trainer in the six-...