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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...

Dean Yendall will continue his comeback from injury when he rides sprinter Eight Bills in trackwork at Flemington on Tuesday morning.Yendall, who has won four races from five rides aboard Eight Bil...

Dean Yendall will continue his comeback from injury when he rides sprinter Eight Bills in trackwork at Flemington on Tuesday morning.Yendall, who has won four races from five rides aboard Eight Bil...

The Gary Portelli-trained Eight Bills will try to make it five straight wins in the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool on Wednesday week following his impressive first up win at Sandown.Jockey ...

GOLD COAST Acceptances on Saturday 9th January, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: 2 metres 900-400; True 400-W/Post; 1 metre Remainder--------------------------------------------------------------------------...

When the editor came up with this idea, he really sparked some fiery opinions around the office. Our newest member argued that the magazine really shouldn't be telling people about all the mista...

Where does the truth lie? Where indeed does the truth lie? What represents good value for a horse? Is it reasonable to argue that “any price about a winner is a good price?”  I’ve always though...