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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...

The racecallers' racecaller Des Hoysted, who died in a Sydney nursing home on Thursday night aged 86, is remembered as ''a legend'' of his craft. Hoysted's racecalling colleagues praised his abilit...

Renowned Sydney race broadcaster Des Hoysted died in a Sydney nursing home on Thursday night aged 86.Hoysted began his career on Boxing Day 1948 calling races at Wodonga and a few years later came ...

Legendary Hall Of Fame trainer Bob Hoysted has died at the age of 88. Hoysted is best remembered in Australia as the trainer of the great  Manikato , who among many amazing wins recorded five con...

Peter Moody looks a strong chance of making it three wins on end in the Listed ATA/Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday.Moody won the race last year with Panipique, as well as the...

Racing NSW stewards have decided they can ride better than Kerrin McEvoy. They have told him exactly what he should have done whenh riding Shakes in the Tamarama Handicap (1400m)at Randwick Kensing...

Holmes Legend  has become more versatile since he struck form for Chris So Wai-yin this season and that tactical ability could prove his winning edge in the Cricket Club Valley Stakes (1,800m) at...