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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...

Not scared off? The presence of superstar Black Caviar has not frightened off the oppositikon for Friday night's Grp 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley. It's attracted 15 entries - cons...

Ajhar, the oldest and the cheapest of four European horses bought by the Lee Freedman stable late last year, became the third of the quartet to win in recent weeks when he outstayed his opposition ...

Ajhar, the oldest and the cheapest of four European horses bought by the Lee Freedman stable late last year, became the third of the quartet to win in recent weeks when he outstayed his opposition ...

Melbourne Cup field with the barrier draw: No. Horse ...

Lee Freedman says promising colt Cardinal Virtue can progress to Group races this spring, but first he has to dispose of a small but smart field of three-year-olds at Moonee Valley on Wednesday.The...

Lee Freedman says promising colt Cardinal Virtue can progress to Group races this spring, but first he has to dispose of a small but smart field of three-year-olds at Moonee Valley on Wednesday.The...