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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...

Is there an element of hysteria about the opposition to the establishment of betting exchanges for Aussie punters? I think there is. For starters, I believe the importance of exchange betting is...

Is there an element of hysteria about the opposition to the establishment of betting exchanges for Aussie punters? I think there is. For starters, I believe the importance of exchange betting is...

The success, or failure, of Sydney's big bookie breakthrough could determine the ultimate future of our bagmen. If the idea doesn't work, you can start the countdown for the exodus of bookies from...

The success, or failure, of Sydney's big bookie breakthrough could determine the ultimate future of our bagmen. If the idea doesn't work, you can start the countdown for the exodus of bookies from...

The success, or failure, of Sydney's big bookie breakthrough could determine the ultimate future of our bagmen. If the idea doesn't work, you can start the countdown for the exodus of bookies from...

This month we will move away from the examination of past form statistics and look at the relationship between starting price (SP) and 'true' odds. Most of you will be aware that, on average, bet...