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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...

Jockey  Luke Currie has been stood down from riding after returning a positive swab, leaving connections of Tuscan Fire looking for another rider for the stayer in the Caulfield Cup.

Craig Newitt sits atop the leaderboard after Saturday's opening day of the  international jockeys  series at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur. One of his rides was scratched, but Newitt rode t...

What's going on with Lisa Cropp? She's copped a suspended sentence after testing positive to a drug prescribed for insomnia. The Kiwi ace pleaded guilty to a charge under Australian Racing Rule AR ...

Jockey  Ben Melham  has been asked by Racing Victoria (RV) stewards to provide his phone records as part of the investigation into the  Baron Archer  betting probe. Melham rode Baron Archer when ...

Studies and work commitments have prevented young Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie from returning to Melbourne with Rothera who has figured in a stable switch to Peter Moody.Currie rocketed into promin...

Four-year-old Silver Bullion has unleashed an unexpected burst from off the pace to land an upset victory in the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.The victory, the fourth from 11 start...