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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...

Racing Victoria will appoint a consultant to compare its current gross revenue model for charging product fees to a turnover-based structure.The RVL board on Monday approved what was a management r...

Last month, 'Anomaly' Nick began his feature article on staking and the 'risk of ruin', in response to an article by Roman Koz in the February 1999 issue of PPM. He now concludes his argument.

Last month, 'Anomaly' Nick began his feature article on staking and the 'risk of ruin', in response to an article by Roman Koz in the February 1999 issue of PPM. He now concludes his argument.

Last month, 'Anomaly' Nick began his feature article on staking and the 'risk of ruin', in response to an article by Roman Koz in the February 1999 issue of PPM. He now concludes his argument.

Trainer Liam Birchley has gone for local experience by engaging Hayden Tinsley to ride Sarge in Charge in the Karaka Million at Ellerslie in Auckland later this month.Sarge In Charge will leave for...

I went back to July 1990 for this month's "back to beyond" source material. The Optimist was still writing the same patter then as he is now. Fifteen years ago, give or take a few months, he was...