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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 eleven European horses who arrived at Werribee on Saturday are settling well into their new surroundings in the Newminster Stables at the TAB...
In this, the final part of a three-part series, PPM's computer expert Neale Yardley passes on the results of his computer research aimed at weedin...
Many and varied indeed are the views held worldwide about money management, or staking, in horse-racing. Ask an Aussie about staking and you're li...
With the BMW Caulfield Cup over, the “no vacancy” sign has just about been put up at Werribee as 11 more European horses entered the TAB Internat...
Trainer Mick Price has mapped out an ambitious Spring Racing Carnival campaign for imports Bit Of Hell and Pakal with the pair both on a path tow...
While the main attention may have been at the MCG on Saturday, it gave seven European horses the opportunity to slip into a rainy and blustery Me...
As most of Melbourne woke up to howling winds, the Werribee area certainly wasn’t immune. The usual trackwork kick-off time was delayed by more t...
There has only been one German-trained runner in the Emirates Melbourne Cup during the international growth of the race over the last 20 years ...
Team Williams unveiled a few of their biggest stars at Flemington with high-profile import Sea Moon and 2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup winner Green ...
With eight days left of the quarantine period for the first batch of international horses, the work rate is starting to increase leading towards ...
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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 eleven European horses who arrived at Werribee on Saturday are settling well into their new surroundings in the Newminster Stables at the TAB International Horse Centre. Just a light outing i...
In this, the final part of a three-part series, PPM's computer expert Neale Yardley passes on the results of his computer research aimed at weeding out the important from the not-so-important form...
Many and varied indeed are the views held worldwide about money management, or staking, in horse-racing. Ask an Aussie about staking and you're likely to get a different answer to what you'd hear ...
With the BMW Caulfield Cup over, the “no vacancy” sign has just about been put up at Werribee as 11 more European horses entered the TAB International Horse Centre on Saturday and are all settlin...
Trainer Mick Price has mapped out an ambitious Spring Racing Carnival campaign for imports Bit Of Hell and Pakal with the pair both on a path towards the $400,000 Group 1 Hyland Race Colours Unde...
While the main attention may have been at the MCG on Saturday, it gave seven European horses the opportunity to slip into a rainy and blustery Melbourne for their tilt at the Spring Racing Carniv...
As most of Melbourne woke up to howling winds, the Werribee area certainly wasn’t immune. The usual trackwork kick-off time was delayed by more than an hour due to a section of the course proper ...
There has only been one German-trained runner in the Emirates Melbourne Cup during the international growth of the race over the last 20 years but this could change with some interest shown fro...
Team Williams unveiled a few of their biggest stars at Flemington with high-profile import Sea Moon and 2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon among five horses that featured in two separa...
With eight days left of the quarantine period for the first batch of international horses, the work rate is starting to increase leading towards first raceday outings. With a clearly more sedate ...