Ayers Rock Horse

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, ...

Look out Brisbane, Sid's on the way...Co-trainer Bill Wilde says his Warrnambool Cup winner Hissing Sid will head north for the Brisbane Cup 2400m. He reckons the prospect of a wet winter carnival ...

Deer Valley will continue on to the feature group events for three-year-old fillies after she finished strongly to capture the Group Three Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick. A $100,000 purch...

Gold Coast trainer John Morrisey will spend the next fortnight with one eye turned skyward after wet track specialist Rockdale raced into Queensland Derby calculations with a bold win in the Rough ...

Gold Coast trainer John Morrisey will spend the next fortnight with one eye turned skyward after wet track specialist Rockdale raced into Queensland Derby calculations with a bold win in the Rough ...

Classy staying mare Reggie gave her new owners plenty to cheer about on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday when she won the listed $200,000 Caloundra Cup (2400m).Reggie raced in the familiar OTI colour...

The Silk Stocking could be the stepping stone to a Stradbroke Handicap berth for Conquering Queen who sizzled across the turf to score a brilliant first-up win at Doomben.At her first run since Nov...