Steal Away 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...

How dumb can you get? Shane Scriven should stop all the 'tears' over his 5 months' ban for that "whip steal" incident at Ipswich a week ago. He deserves every day of the penalty. Shane is 45 and wh...

As the Spring carnival nears the end my Generic Ratings project is about to "spring" into action as I start to finalize the sprinters (900m to 1200m) ratings. One wonders how we figures desperadoes...

Gai Waterhouse strengthened her hand for another Doncaster victory when Ashikaga made a winning return to racing at Rosehill on Saturday.The lightly-raced five-year-old was ridden to perfection by ...

Gai Waterhouse strengthened her hand for another Doncaster victory when Ashikaga made a winning return to racing at Rosehill on Saturday.The lightly-raced five-year-old was ridden to perfection by ...

Seven-year-old Gazza Guru will momentarily try to steal the limelight away from his Cox Plate-bound stablemate Sincero when he chases a breakthrough stakes win at Randwick on Saturday.With minor pl...

Jim Cassidy rode through the pain barrier to steal the show at Rosehill on Saturday with four winners, including a treble for Randwick trainer John O'Shea.Cassidy has been battling a rib cartilage ...