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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...
How much of a losing run can you expect when you make a series of bets? In this article Garry Robinson talks to a mathematician who has examined a...
No staking plan can weather a really bad run of outs without either breaking the bank or the punters heart. For a couple of months I have been test...
The bane of most punters must be what is generally referred to as 'the long losing run'. Often a run of outs can seem like a road without end. At...
In this article I shall attempt to outline some basic mathematical requirements which may help those punters contemplating the Holy Grail of horse...
Sad news...Australia's top jumper Black And Bent has copped a season ending injury..It's a crushing blow for the Victorian jumping season...Black A...
In my previous PPM article, “Stick to the Easy Races" (August PPM), I wrote about a bad run of outs I had encountered betting on races in Perth an...
Well, what a day. I could not have scripted a worse start for collects as they were far and few between for most of the day. This is not a bad thin...
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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...
How much of a losing run can you expect when you make a series of bets? In this article Garry Robinson talks to a mathematician who has examined all aspects of this vital betting factor. GR: (Gar...
No staking plan can weather a really bad run of outs without either breaking the bank or the punters heart. For a couple of months I have been testing a target betting plan for small stakes and alt...
The bane of most punters must be what is generally referred to as 'the long losing run'. Often a run of outs can seem like a road without end. At the races recently, in exasperation, 1 heard one ...
In this article I shall attempt to outline some basic mathematical requirements which may help those punters contemplating the Holy Grail of horse-race betting ... the brutal game of professional ...
Sad news...Australia's top jumper Black And Bent has copped a season ending injury..It's a crushing blow for the Victorian jumping season...Black And Bent has a tendon injury to the same leg that f...
In my previous PPM article, “Stick to the Easy Races" (August PPM), I wrote about a bad run of outs I had encountered betting on races in Perth and how I backtracked to find out where I had become...
Well, what a day. I could not have scripted a worse start for collects as they were far and few between for most of the day. This is not a bad thing, by the way, as it is a bad run we want to test ...