Refused 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 British Horseracing Authority has refused to divulge

FIRST SHOCK! Jockeys at Ballarat refused to ride after learning the Australian Racing Board had refused to make any changes to those crazy new whip rules. Industrial action is likely to spread like...

Interesting to see Melbourne trainer Colin Little with a runner at Thursday's Wyong meeting. It's more out of desperation than anything else. His 3YO Kapu Star has refused to go straight the Melbou...

Another shambles...The Melbourne Herald Sun reports: 'Bureaucratic red tape threatens the entry of international horses in this year?s Melbourne spring carnival. Racing Victoria Limited have been ...

Breathing easy...Takeover Target is back feeding normally again and his trainer Joe Janiak reckons the old marvel is on target to win a second KrisFlyer Sprint in Singapore on Sunday...JJ feared th...

TVN has expressed deep disappointment in Sky Racing’s (Tabcorp) decision to restrict punters from receiving racing coverage in non-Foxtel Pubs and Clubs. Sky’s rejection leaves commercial venues w...