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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...

Celebrity Girl's unbeaten record was tarnished when she was relegated after crossing the line in a dead heat for first in the Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield.The judge couldn't separate the M...

West Australian trainer Dan Morton may have had his confidence dented when Bliss Street was beaten last start but he remains optimistic about the filly's chances in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfiel...

Tom's Rocket has been an early firmer in Epsom Handicap betting following his impressive 1400m victory at Warwick Farm. Tom's Rocket's price was slashed from $201 to $101, according to TAB Sportsbe...

Trainer Mark Kavanagh has strengthened his hold on the Thousand Guineas with Atlantic Jewel now equal favourite for next month's fillies feature.Before Atlantic Jewel's win at Moonee Valley on Satu...

Leon Macdonald finds it hard to separate his Thousand Guineas runners Majestic Music and Miss With Attitude but does believe they should swap names.The Adelaide trainer, who is now in partnership w...

Leon Macdonald finds it hard to separate his Thousand Guineas runners Majestic Music and Miss With Attitude but does believe they should swap names.The Adelaide trainer, who is now in partnership w...