Smiling Mistress 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...

The big Sydney move...Peter Moody will open a satellite stable in Sydney at Rosehill from Jan 1. He's got 10 boxes and has the approval of the Australian Turf Club.Off to Dubai...The Peter Snowden-...

Some industry people don't like Darley's decision to move 9 horses from its Aussie operation to Dubai but breeding industry leader John Messara isn't one of them. He says he fully supports Sheikh M...

Early price movers from TAB.com.au for Wednesday's Boxing Day cards at Rosehill and Caulfield:ROSEHILL 26/126 Poste Restante $4.60 - $3.80 ($750 @ $3.80), Le Roi $3.20 - $2.60 ($2000 @ $3, $500 @ $...

Punters are happy to keep backing Unencumbered to win the Magic Millions Classic before next Tuesday's barrier draw. The Bjorn Baker trained colt, an impressive winner of the Bruce McLachlan Stak...

Surprise...Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden is going to Hong Kong where he'll clash again with Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux in the Grp 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin on Dec 11. Last year's Melbourne ...

Star apprentice Timothy Bell's move to Sydney could come sooner than expected with the 17-year-old inundated with offers from a number of leading trainers.But Bell, won't be rushed into making any ...