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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, ...

Ortensia returns to Randwick on Saturday for the Galaxy and this time trainer Tony Noonan is determined to take the Group One sprint trophy home to Melbourne.He and owner Alistair Fraser had their ...

The Australian flag has shone brightly at the world’s richest race meeting with the people’s champion Buffering  producing a career-best performance to capture the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan. The e...

Three-time Grp 1 winner Ortensia is back in work and on target for a first up crack at the Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) on February 16 at Flemington.Trainer Paul Messara said the seven-year-old d...

There's a doubt over who will ride Aussie star Ortensia in her final UK run in the Sprint Cup 6f at Haydock Park on Saturday. William Buick, who has won twice on her, may not be available. The Spri...

The  Global Sprint Challenge  is now an all-turf series following a change to the leg that is run on Dubai World Cup Night, reports Brad Bishop at racing.com. The Al Quoz Sprint, which will be ru...

At last, victory for Australia at Dubai...Bonny mare Ortensia took out the Al Quoz Sprint. She came from last with a slashing final 200m to score drawing away under a cool ride from Craig Williams ...