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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...
Evergreen jockey Robert Thompson will head to Randwick for just one ride on Saturday, but for a colt of Exploitable Doubt's potential he's only too...
New Zealander Bakup will make a hit-and run raid on Saturday's VRC St Leger Stakes which father and son co-trainers Murray and Bjorn Baker hope wil...
Sydney sprinter Ahdashim has made successful raid on the Group Three Standish Handicap, giving trainer Gerald Ryan a rare double in the Flemington ...
Top Brisbane hoop Glen Colless will venture to Sydney for just one ride on Wednesday as he continues a comeback to the saddle following a fall at D...
Sydney visitor Black Prince made a successful hit-and-run raid to score a narrow victory in the Ferrier Hodgson Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Ju...
O'Lonhro is primed for a first-up raid on Saturday's $500,000 Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast with champion jockey Darren Beadman aboard.Beadm...
Sydney-based jockey Brenton Avdulla has repaid his former master John Moloney with a successful hit-and-run raid on two-year-old debutante City Of ...
Canberra trainer Keith Dryden is hoping for another successful hit-and-run mission to Sydney with Steel Titan at Canterbury on Wednesday.Dryden, wh...
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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...
Evergreen jockey Robert Thompson will head to Randwick for just one ride on Saturday, but for a colt of Exploitable Doubt's potential he's only too happy to make the trip.Exploitable Doubt showcase...
New Zealander Bakup will make a hit-and run raid on Saturday's VRC St Leger Stakes which father and son co-trainers Murray and Bjorn Baker hope will form a leg of a winning two-state big-race doubl...
Sydney sprinter Ahdashim has made successful raid on the Group Three Standish Handicap, giving trainer Gerald Ryan a rare double in the Flemington feature.Ryan first won the traditional New Year's ...
Top Brisbane hoop Glen Colless will venture to Sydney for just one ride on Wednesday as he continues a comeback to the saddle following a fall at Doomben last month.Colless will partner the Alan Ba...
Sydney visitor Black Prince made a successful hit-and-run raid to score a narrow victory in the Ferrier Hodgson Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Jumping from barrier 16, the five-year-old showed bl...
O'Lonhro is primed for a first-up raid on Saturday's $500,000 Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast with champion jockey Darren Beadman aboard.Beadman has been enticed from Hong Kong by Nick Moraiti...
Sydney-based jockey Brenton Avdulla has repaid his former master John Moloney with a successful hit-and-run raid on two-year-old debutante City Of Song at Sandown.Avdulla, who is stable rider for G...
Canberra trainer Keith Dryden is hoping for another successful hit-and-run mission to Sydney with Steel Titan at Canterbury on Wednesday.Dryden, who won his region's premiership last season, broke ...