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Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could put a figure on the race, then a figure on every r...

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, ...

TIME TO PULL UP STUMPSA very close friend of mine just emailed with a comment from a group of English bookies' combined effort: in effect it advises punters to be first in the door and first out wi...

Craig Williams is understandably excited about his prospects of landing some major wins during the spring. Two of his key prospects are top-rankers Trusting and Decision Time. The Patinack owned r...

Look out for Sandown Guineas winner So Swift in the New Year. He's having a spell right now but trainers Bill and Symon Wilde have earmakred a key target for him in 2012 - the South Australian Derb...

From NEIL FRANKLYNSAY NO MORE3f : Trainer - Paul Duncan2 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1050m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : DeadThis young filly has been to the races on just two occasions ...

PETER Robl faces an indefinite time away from riding as he recovers from bruising to his spinal cord. Specialists told Robl that the MRI taken following his fall at Scone last week revealed bruis...

It's been more than three decades since Bart Cummings won a Golden Slipper and he thinks it's about time to put that right.A couple of weeks ago there was no indication Australia's legendary traine...