Martin Lucich Trainer

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...

Pick 'em to win and bet 'em to place! How often have we heard that little piece of advice? Lots. But the man who originated it had a moot point. He should have drawn the line at a certain price. ...

Pick 'em to win and bet 'em to place! How often have we heard that little piece of advice? Lots. But the man who originated it had a moot point. He should have drawn the line at a certain price. ...

So you want some easy ways to attack the races? Okay! In this article, Martin Dowling puts it all in a nutshell, with 25 ways to beat the punt. I've lost count of the numbers of P.P.M. readers ...

Most punters plunge headlong into their betting every raceday - and never learn the lessons arising from their rarely-ending losses. You can - if you really want to - learn enough little tricks o...

When I started out to make money from horse-racing I was given two tips. They proved very helpful to me. But first, let me tell you some other things. My first attempt at making the racecourse m...

Selecting winners is one thing-backing them correctly is another. Money management, that's what it's all about. Few punters ever really come to grips with how best to invest their cash on the h...