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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, ...

IT IS 20 years since David Hayes has been involved in a Railway Stakes win, but Better Loosen Up's victory in 1989 has him cautiously optimistic about All American's chances in Perth's premier race...

From NEIL FRANKLYNCOLONEL DANSKE5g : L Latta : Awapuni18 starts : 4 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : Fast/GoodThis sprinter has been plying his trade aroun...

CHAMPION New Zealand jockey Lisa Cropp knew it was going to be tough to break into the competitive Victorian riding ranks after arriving in the middle of the spring carnival but her hard work is st...

Trainer Grahame Begg believes All Silent is nearing his old form and can defy his long odds and raging favorite Hay List to win the Group One Doomben 10,000.Begg has declared Hay List, the $1.55 fa...

Trainer David Hayes says Americain has settled into his new surroundings after arriving at his Euroa property late last week.Hayes said the seven-year-old was in terrific order but wouldn't be aske...

NEARLY 12 months ago to the day, Kerrin McEvoy left the Sandown quarantine centre with a confident smile on his face having partnered Godolphin's spring carnival raider All The Good in a stirring g...