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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...
WAS THAT ME?Vigor's $26 for the Caulfield Cup collapsed late last week. I just wondered whether or not it was down to my comments here. Probably no...
Glen Boss, back on top in Melbourne, attributes much of his success to his association with trainers Mick Kent stable and David Hayes. Bossy says: ...
Apprentice Tommy Berry could be forgiven for feeling some pressure ahead of his ride on Karuta Queen in the Magic Millions Classic.But the 19-year-...
COMEBACK kid Katelyn Mallyon has already smashed through one of racing's glass ceilings and says she can break through another, reports the Melbour...
Every person connected with Tuesday Joy says the mare is flying and she will literally be doing just that on Tuesday when she boards a plane for Du...
Fourteen-time champion jockey Tony McCoy won the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday for the first time in 15 attempts on Don't Push It.The 10-1 ...
Rachel Alexandra became the first female to win the prestigious Woodward Stakes in the United States on Saturday, holding off Macho Again by a head...
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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...
WAS THAT ME?Vigor's $26 for the Caulfield Cup collapsed late last week. I just wondered whether or not it was down to my comments here. Probably not, and probably a weenie bit immodest, but then he...
Glen Boss, back on top in Melbourne, attributes much of his success to his association with trainers Mick Kent stable and David Hayes. Bossy says: 'Both stables have been good to me but it's the ol...
Apprentice Tommy Berry could be forgiven for feeling some pressure ahead of his ride on Karuta Queen in the Magic Millions Classic.But the 19-year-old is keeping it simple."There's only one reason ...
COMEBACK kid Katelyn Mallyon has already smashed through one of racing's glass ceilings and says she can break through another, reports the Melbourne Herald Sun.It says: Mallyon, who makes her come...
Every person connected with Tuesday Joy says the mare is flying and she will literally be doing just that on Tuesday when she boards a plane for Dubai.The Gai Waterhouse-trained multiple Group One ...
Fourteen-time champion jockey Tony McCoy won the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday for the first time in 15 attempts on Don't Push It.The 10-1 joint favourite - also giving trainer Jonjo O'Neil...
Rachel Alexandra became the first female to win the prestigious Woodward Stakes in the United States on Saturday, holding off Macho Again by a head and leaving six others in her wake.The star three...