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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...

Victoria's heatwave has forced trainer Barry Baldwin to cancel Burdekin Blues' scheduled float trip from Brisbane ahead of his assignment in the Group One Lightning Stakes.Burdekin Blues will still...

There's still some doubt about Hanks running in the Victoria Derby on Saturday. Trainer Peter Moody says the impressive Hanks came through his win in Saturday's AAMI Vase at Moonee Valley in OK sha...

As with horseracing, it’s good to review your handicapping approach, and to take stock of what makes greyhound racing “tick” over as far as facts and stats are concerned. There are a few websites...

As with horseracing, it’s good to review your handicapping approach, and to take stock of what makes greyhound racing “tick” over as far as facts and stats are concerned. There are a few websit...

In all the racing textbooks and articles written by as many people as you want to quote there is always a chapter or section dealing with the term "value". Once the V word is mentioned virtually th...

The handling of your money at the racetrack, or in a TAB agency, is as important as the selections you make. This is the view of most serious punters, particularly professional punters who have to...