Stumble On 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...

Out come the excuses...In the wake of the Melbourne Cup, the 'reasons' for the flops are being handed out. Heavily backed Dunaden nearly fell about 200m after the start. Craig Williams says the Fre...

LAST Saturday a horse named Rislaya was killed during the Winter Cup at Rosehill. The five-year-old mare lost her footing entering the straight, stumbled and fell at high speed, receiving an injury...

Few horses just win out of the blue. Most will have shown some improvement over their last few starts before winning. In looking for winners, the handicapper's first rule is to look for those hors...

Exciting three-year-old Black Caviar gave her legion of supporters a scare when she nearly fell at the start before charging away to keep her unbeaten record run intact at Flemington.Trainer Peter ...

Exciting three-year-old Black Caviar gave her legion of supporters a scare when she nearly fell at the start before charging away to keep her unbeaten record run intact at Flemington.Trainer Peter ...

Why do so many punters lose at betting? What is it they do wrong, apart from picking too many losers? It's my firm belief we can point the accusing finger at bad habits-punters committing the sa...