Rush Of Blood 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...

As the Black Caviar steam trains powers ahead to William Reid Stakes Night at the Valley on Friday 22 March, her three-quarter brother in-blood, Iconic, is flying under the radar, reports Racing Vi...

Spirit Of Boom will be on trial for a dual Group One mission in New Zealand when he kicks off his summer campaign in the Listed Keith Noud Quality at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Trainer Tony Gollan will...

A forecast for further showers has added to trainer Tony Gollan's frustration with stablemates Listen Son and Spirit Of Boom ahead of the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben on Saturday.List...

Exciting South Australian galloper Iconic showed he is on track for the feature three-year-old sprints this Spring with an impressive first-up victory at Caulfield. Improved from his autumn camp...

A friend of mine told me recently that he always knew when he was getting a 'value' price on a selection. He experienced, he said, a tremendous rush of anticipation a tingling feeling he often fel...

There is a lot written about punting off course these days that is absolute nonsense. Most punting is conducted off course, and, unless the tracks have a sudden rush of blood and do something real...