The Last Stand 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...

  Australian sprinter Shamexpress finished midfield in the King's Stand Stakes (1,000m) at Royal Ascot overnight.  

from NEIL FRANKLYNWON'T LIE DOWN3g : Trainer : Ken & Bev Kelso6 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1400mTrack conditions won on : GoodSon of Towkay who looked mightily impressive when running away...

A slow getaway probably cost Aussie sprinter Star Witness a win in the King's Stand Stakes 1000m at Royal Ascot overnight. Star Witness 6/1 settled down last and drove through on the rails to finis...

The five Victorian trainers charged over cobalt positives face the possibility of having their licences stripped before their charges are even heard after they were issued show-cause notices by Ra...

WA star Scenic Blast has drawn barrier #15 on the outside of the field in Tuesday night's King Stand Stakes 1000m at Royal Ascot. Trainer Dan Morton is confident SB will run well. He says: I reckon...

HENRY CANDY expressed his delight on Sunday that Amour Propre, Britain's leading hope at Royal Ascot to thwart the fierce speed challenge from overseas, will compete from stall six in Tuesday's ú30...