Tungston 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...

Few seem happy over the 'slash and burn' tactics currently underway in NSW racing, with prizemoney slashed for major races. Trainer Anthony Cummings fears for the future of Sydney racing carnivals....

THE Australian Jockey Club yesterday announced prizemoney cuts of $3.96 million from its feature races over the next year, ramming home the dire financial plight of the NSW racing industry, reports...

Wonder who's going to cop the blame for the VRC's expected cuts in prizemoney in the coming months. Apparently up to 30 feature races will be hit. The Melb Herald Sun says the VRC has advised Racin...

Shane Fliedner is hoping that the home ground advantage will help his two runners Sparks Alight and Sparks Burn at the Bendigo stand-alone metropolitan-class meeting on Saturday.Sparks Alight will ...

A trip to Australia is on the agenda for New Zealand Oaks winner Midnight Oil but Queensland is likely to win out over Sydney.Trainer Paul Duncan said the Queensland Oaks on June 4 was the more fav...

VICTORIA Racing Club has rejected a proposal from the Melbourne Racing Club for the Caulfield Cup to be a penalty free race in 2014.  VRC chairman Michael Burn said a “consistency” as well...