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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...

Trainer Brendan McCarthy had some compensation for losing one of his most promising young gallopers when Circle The Globe led throughout for an impressive win at Moonee Valley.The unraced Sly Stach...

A decision on whether Orca runs in the Randwick Guineas will not be made until Wednesday morning when acceptances are taken for the Group One race.The AJC Australian Derby aspirant turned in an eye...

A decision on whether Orca runs in the Randwick Guineas will not be made until Wednesday morning when acceptances are taken for the Group One race.The AJC Australian Derby aspirant turned in an eye...

Southern Speed gave South Australian trainer Leon Macdonald the high point of an already successful career when she beat a high class field in Saturday's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup.Having her first...

In this article, Martin Dowling takes a look at some recent big priced winners and poses analysis questions about their form. He suggests that by examining why the longshots won we can be prepared...