Stone Quick 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...

Cat's not purring...Trainer Greg Eurell is to change plans for stable star Apache Cat. The popular speedster is recovering from a stone bruise and has been ruled out of a hitout in a barrier trial ...

TODAY'S meeting at Caulfield may be just another midsummer fixture but for apprentice Jason Maskiell it's another vital stepping stone to re-establishing himself in Victoria's jockey ranks, reports...

Talented two-year-old Carved In Stone will put his Brisbane winter carnival credentials on the line when he runs at Rosehill on Saturday.Trainer Tim Martin said the youngster had done so well since...

Talented two-year-old Carved In Stone will put his Brisbane winter carnival credentials on the line when he runs at Rosehill on Saturday.Trainer Tim Martin said the youngster had done so well since...

UK mare My Ambivalent will miss Saturday's Caulfield Cup.  David Eustace, assistant to trainer Roger Varian, said the mare had not fully recovered from bruising to her off fore foot. With My A...

Consistent gelding Twin Wing will take the next step in his bid for an overdue stakes success at Randwick on Saturday.Trainer Guy Walter has identified the Listed Grafton Cup (2400m) in July as the...