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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...

British trainer David Simcock still considers the Group 1 Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m) to be among Trade Storm's options after his encouraging Tuesday outing at Royal Ascot.

From Breednet.com.auAustralian bred horses won six of the 10 races run at Sha Tin on Sunday with winners for Flying Spur (Sapelli, Dream Horse), Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) (Energetic Boy), Danehill (US...

Fair Trade came into Australian Guineas calculations in a big way when he made it two Flemington wins from as many starts with an impressive victory in the CS Hayes Stakes.The Danewin gelding had b...

Fair Trade came into Australian Guineas calculations in a big way when he made it two Flemington wins from as many starts with an impressive victory in the CS Hayes Stakes.The Danewin gelding had b...

What would Betfair be without racing? Indeed what would any bookmaker be without the horses? Very little probably, because horseracing is the staple of all their businesses; in fact it's above 7...

Super Satin confirmed his status as the champion four-year-old of Hong Kong with a stunning win in Sunday's HK$16 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin. Bred and sold by Baramul Stud for $340,...