West Coast 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...

Exciting prospect Griffon made a stunning return for trainer Bart Cummings at Randwick on Wednesday after more than a year on the sidelines.The four-year-old, who started the $3.20 favourite, was ...

I sense some upsets this round, so have decided to go with the following: FREMANTLE v ESSENDON- Fremantle Under 39.5 @ $2.75Though the return of inspirational skipper Jobe Watson will bolster Essen...

Hugh Bowman had to borrow his neighbour's ute just to get to Rosehill on Saturday but once there the leading jockey dominated the day with his second four-win haul in a month.On a day when a host o...

Driving rain at Randwick couldn't dampen Tracey Bartley's spirits after Slick Sniper gave the trainer his first winner from his new Wyong base on Monday.Bartley moved to the NSW Central Coast from ...

The Australian Jockey (AJC) says it is surprised and disappointed by Patinack Farm's decision to quit Warwick Farm but wishes Nathan Tinkler's operation well.The big-spending Tinkler will move the ...

Odd sort of bet but it paid off (the punter has genius status)...TAB Sportsbet reports the following major betting coup on Saturday: The victory by Mawingo in the Doomben Cup secured the final leg ...