Yarraman 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...

Brisbane used to have its carnival time to itself - but not anymore. The Scone carnival looks like a poke in the ribs for the Brisbanites. The Scone Cup carnival kicks off on Friday week with the t...

Black Caviar's presence in the BTC Cup saw her start very short on the NSW and Victorian TAB but that didn't stop punters from investing some $820,000 on the Win totes combined. The BTC Cup was als...

Trainer John Thompson has declared Sookie and Aronson as Patinack Farm's leading hopes to qualify for next month's Magic Millions Classic as the pair prepare to make their debuts at Eagle Farm on S...

Alinghi's brother Shoot Through made a small down payment on his $2.2 million purchase price when the gelding broke through for his maiden victory in front of his visiting trainer John Thompson at ...