Still Rising 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...

Impressive last start country winner Mukarrar has emerged as the leading Victoria Derby hope for trainer David Hayes.Hayes has seven three-year-olds still in the Derby but is most excited about the...

From NEIL FRANKLYNDRAGON EYE6g : Trainer - Steven Cooper25 starts : 4 wins : 4 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1650mTrack conditions won on : Good : SlowThis rising 7-year-old hasn't been back i...

Mazzacano has made a name for himself as a steeplechaser but trainer Robbie Laing has decided to send him over hurdles for his lead up to the $150,000 Grand National Steeplechase.The rising 10-year...

Mazzacano has made a name for himself as a steeplechaser but trainer Robbie Laing has decided to send him over hurdles for his lead up to the $150,000 Grand National Steeplechase.The rising 10-year...

Mazzacano has made a name for himself as a steeplechaser but trainer Robbie Laing has decided to send him over hurdles for his lead up to the $150,000 Grand National Steeplechase.The rising 10-year...

Mazzacano has made a name for himself as a steeplechaser but trainer Robbie Laing has decided to send him over hurdles for his lead up to the $150,000 Grand National Steeplechase.The rising 10-year...