Sniper Son 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...

Michael Cahill has snared the ride on Sniper's Bullet who could begin his Queensland campaign as soon as next Saturday's Sir Byrne Hart Stakes at Eagle Farm.Sniper's Bullet won the Group One Stradb...

Two veteran performers will join forces for the first time on Saturday in the hope of feature race success at Rosehill.Evergreen hoop Robert Thompson, the man who has ridden more winners than any o...

Generally, when  David Hayes  heads along to watch his beloved Adelaide Crows play football, he'd prefer not to be interrupted by an owner wanting to talk horses. But he was happy to make an exce...

Trainer Tracey Bartley concedes Typhoon Tracy is the one to beat in Saturday's Futurity Stakes but has warned she'll run into a pretty good weight-for-age performer in his tough gelding Sniper's Bu...

Trainer Tracey Bartley concedes Typhoon Tracy is the one to beat in Saturday's Futurity Stakes but has warned she'll run into a pretty good weight-for-age performer in his tough gelding Sniper's Bu...

The Neville Parnham-trained Tarzi looks the right horse at the right time for jockey Paul Harvey going in to the Group One Kingston Town Classic.Harvey, who has dominated the race with four wins in...