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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...

Trainer Kelly Doughty is confident of again proving a big budget isn't a prerequisite to success for owners when Morning Captain chases back-to-back wins in the Listed National Jockey Celebration Q...

After seven months watching from the sidelines, Gold Coast jockey Matthew Palmer is glad to be back riding and is counting down the hours ahead of his long-awaited city comeback at Doomben on Satur...

Kelly Doughty is hopeful Tierqualo can make up for a frustrating winter so far when he takes aim at Saturday's Listed Ascot Handicap at Eagle Farm.Tierqualo will wear blinkers for the first time in...

Talented three-year-old Morning Captain underscored his strong winter carnival claims with a gutsy victory at Doomben on Saturday.Morning Captain ($3.40 fav) overcame early interference to score a ...

A sparkling track gallop on Thursday has lifted trainer Kelly Doughty's confidence of Tierqualo going out on a high at Doomben.Doughty made a late decision to enter Tierqualo for Saturday's Ownit H...

Brisbane stakeswinner Tierqualo is set to head to Sydney on Saturday after wet weather again postponed his return to racing on the weekend.The Kelly Doughty-trained four-year-old was among the acce...