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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...
Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finishe...
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 S...
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. Pra...
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 b...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your p...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down....
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Phi...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote thi...
THE $150,000 Melbourne Cup trophy is going on a marathon around-the-world trip in the build-up to the 150th running of the race on November 2, repo...
Gai Waterhouse is preparing to take her biggest team to a Melbourne spring carnival on the back of Descarado's Cup success at Caulfield last year.L...
THE 2007 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient will have to earn his way into the field for November's 150th running despite changes to conditions for the...
Chris Waller will make third declaration payments for three stayers in the Caulfield Cup but he is leaning towards having only one runner - Metropo...
Durable mare Hoorang's Melbourne Cup campaign has received a boost with her win over a handy field at Hastings.Her trainer, Wanganui vet Ian Shaw, ...
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Victoria will pull out all the stops to celebrate the Melbourne Cup in 2010, the 150th anniversary of the iconic race.A huge calendar of events has...
The strappers arrived at the stable in a limousine having travelled from England with their horses in a private plane.The mighty Godolphin racing c...
Trainer Rob Heathcote has had a change of mind and will consider adding Work The Room to his Melbourne spring carnival team if the six-year-old is ...
Early reports were all positive that the first intake of international horses for the spring carnival all travelled well, reports Racing Network....
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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...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...
THE $150,000 Melbourne Cup trophy is going on a marathon around-the-world trip in the build-up to the 150th running of the race on November 2, reports The Age.It says: The Victoria Racing Club yest...
Gai Waterhouse is preparing to take her biggest team to a Melbourne spring carnival on the back of Descarado's Cup success at Caulfield last year.Leading the charge for the Waterhouse team will be ...
THE 2007 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient will have to earn his way into the field for November's 150th running despite changes to conditions for the race announced yesterday by the Victoria Racing C...
Chris Waller will make third declaration payments for three stayers in the Caulfield Cup but he is leaning towards having only one runner - Metropolitan runner-up Hawk Island."At this stage Hawk Is...
Durable mare Hoorang's Melbourne Cup campaign has received a boost with her win over a handy field at Hastings.Her trainer, Wanganui vet Ian Shaw, was inquiring into bookings to Melbourne on Sunday...
Victoria will pull out all the stops to celebrate the Melbourne Cup in 2010, the 150th anniversary of the iconic race.A huge calendar of events has been planned including a heritage trail and walk ...
The strappers arrived at the stable in a limousine having travelled from England with their horses in a private plane.The mighty Godolphin racing corporation made its stylish, almost annual reappea...
Trainer Rob Heathcote has had a change of mind and will consider adding Work The Room to his Melbourne spring carnival team if the six-year-old is successful at Doomben on Saturday.The former Victo...
Early reports were all positive that the first intake of international horses for the spring carnival all travelled well, reports Racing Network. Racing Victoria’s international consultant Leigh...