Stellenbosch 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...

Last month I talked about ways and means of studying the form in greyhound races and put forward some ideas to help the form student come to grips with the intricacies of the formlines. I outline...

PPM's popular expert Jon Hudson has been studying some new mini-systems, and reveals some of the best In this latest article in his occasional series Mini Magic. Over the years, I guess, I've sig...

Is it worth the time and trouble of studying greyhound racing form? Can the average punter simply follow tipsters or box numbers and make money? PPM's expert George 'Barker' Bellfield gives his vi...

Is it worth the time and trouble of studying greyhound racing form? Can the average punter simply follow tipsters or box numbers and make money? PPM's expert George 'Barker' Bellfield gives his vi...

I’ve often been asked to speak about the importance of position posting as a factor in greyhound racing. Does the #1 box have an advantage?  Are dogs starting from the “middle” boxes, #4, #5 and...

I’ve often been asked to speak about the importance of position posting as a factor in greyhound racing. Does the #1 box have an advantage?  Are dogs starting from the “middle” boxes, #4, #5 and...