Striking Star 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...

Feature spring carnival sprint races beckon star Toowoomba sprinter Temple of Boom following his emphatic win in Sat's $151,000 Group Three Aurie's Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The win was ...

  LUCKILY, Queensland Derby favourite Survived is a better galloper than looks suggest 

David Hayes flew out of Melbourne early yesterday to supervise Nicconi's tilt at international glory in England later this month, but the Nicconi team will still keep an eye on the opening event at...

It's a tough game...Moudre and Valdemoro, both well-fancied for the Caulfield Cup, are striking problems to make the field, and even to gain starts in the vital lead-up race, the Turnbull Stakes. R...

Windicator Star came with a good reputation from Australia last season and he looks ready to take his first step towards backing it up in the Chinese General Chamber Of Commerce Cup (1,000m) today ...

Dual Group 1 winner Luckygray heads a quality list of 20 nominations for Saturday’s first Group race of the 2013/14 season, the Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. A controversial...