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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...

The wet early summer weather has played into the hands of trainer Peter White and Jungle ruler who is set to back up in Saturday's East Malvern Community Bank Cup at Caulfield.The grey, who landed ...

You might remember a week ago plus two days I discussed how much I loved some of the old warriors of horseracing and I highlighted Jungle Ruler and Sir Slick. Well, Jungle Ruler, one of the two men...

Connections of mudlarks are licking their lips as Brisbane's Big Wet goes on and on...One of them is Mornington trainer Peter White, who is keen for the Doomben 10,000 meeting to go ahead on a heav...

Jockey Craig Newitt could hold the key that unlocks the undeniable talent of moody galloper Jungle Ruler on the way to next week's Winter Championship Final.Newitt was re-acquainted with the five-y...

Jockey Craig Newitt could hold the key that unlocks the undeniable talent of moody galloper Jungle Ruler on the way to next week's Winter Championship Final.Newitt was re-acquainted with the five-y...

Jockey Craig Newitt could hold the key that unlocks the undeniable talent of moody galloper Jungle Ruler on the way to next week's Winter Championship Final.Newitt was re-acquainted with the five-y...