The Cave 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...

The Christmas Cup is a race close to Paul Cave's heart with the Warwick Farm trainer aiming at a seventh victory in the staying feature.Eight runners will compete over 2400 metres in the Listed eve...

This year started better than the last one ended for trainer Paul Cave who is hoping his stable star German Chocolate can keep the good times rolling by recapturing his best form at Randwick on Sat...

When Paul Cave has an up-and-coming stayer working his way up in distance at this time of year, there's really no prizes for guessing where the horse might be headed.Cave, the winner of six Listed ...

Paul Cave watched the AJC Australian Derby last month and got very excited.High Chaparral had just sired the trifecta, and Cave knew he had a promising staying prospect by the same stallion at home...

Paul Cave watched the AJC Australian Derby last month and got very excited.High Chaparral had just sired the trifecta, and Cave knew he had a promising staying prospect by the same stallion at home...

Paul Cave watched the AJC Australian Derby last month and got very excited.High Chaparral had just sired the trifecta, and Cave knew he had a promising staying prospect by the same stallion at home...