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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...

Let's eliminate all color from the game...Latest report says RVL Chief Steward Terry Bailey is 'running out of patience' with champion rider Glen Boss and his celebrations when winning a big race. ...

Making a case for a maiden that hasn't won in 18 tries, on a track that is unpredictable at the best of times - but could be rain-affected as well - is a tough sell; but that's just the nature of C...

WHOBEGOTYOU will not race in Melbourne until next season after he was given an extended rest following his unplaced Cox Plate run, reports The Age.It says: The gelding was not among the 46 entries ...

Trainer Tony McEvoy makes no secret he is aiming high with  Mouro  and he's listing the $3 million Doncaster Mile on the first day of The Championships (April 12) as the #1 target, reports Racing ...

You know the feeling. You like the 5 at a generous 5/1, but the favoured 4 could be tough and the 8 has a longshot look, too. So instead of simply betting $40 to win on the 5, you take the same mo...

You know the feeling. You like the 5 at a generous 5/1, but the favoured 4 could be tough and the 8 has a longshot look, too. So instead of simply betting $40 to win on the 5, you take the same mo...