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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...

Group One races are rarely won as easily as it might look on paper, but  Designs On Rome 's victory in the $8 million Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2,400m) this afternoon at Sha Ti...

Several Sundays ago, I was watching SKY Racing's coverage of minor race meetings, some at places I'd hardly heard of, let alone visited. The programmes were full of Maidens and Class 1 and 2 races...

Do we bring bad luck on ourselves? Do some of us subconsciously attract all the 'negatives' in this world? When we bet, are we just 'hard luck Harrys'? I guess that, like me, you've heard friends...

In this article, UK expert Philip Alexander, one of Britain's most acclaimed form and systems experts, concludes his feature on John Mort "The Butterfly" Green, the Australian punter who became hi...

There's probably nothing more depressing than hitting a losing run at the races. Well, maybe losing your job while holding a $250,000 mortgage could be considered a little more depressing, but you...

In this article, Philip Roy reveals the thoughts and advice of several of the world's most eminent psychologists as they talk about how to have a winning approach to betting. If you're seeking the...