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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...

The race to secure a start in the $3 million Crown Golden Ale Caulfield Cup (2400m) and $3 million Sportingbet Cox Plate (2040m) remains a challenge with first acceptances for both races at their...

A total of 14 internationally-trained horses remain in contention for the $6 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) after first acceptances. The international acceptors represent the UK, France and Hong Kon...

Caulfield Cup weights will rise by at least 2kgs after topweight Americain was not amongst the third round of acceptances. The French star is still in the Cox Plate. A total of 40 horses remain in ...

The 2013 Sportingbet Cox Plate remains on track to host its first European-trained runner in almost a decade. English pair Side Glance and Mull of Killough were among the 90 horses that were paid...

Sneak A Peek , the  Peter Moody-trained import  who was once a leading Caulfield Cup contender, is a chance to resume at Wodonga this Friday. The Italian gelding headlines entries for this week’...

Defending champion Southern Speed heads the list of horses still in contention for the 2012 BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) following the closure of first acceptances today for the $2.5m feature.The Sout...