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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, ...

Just what is going on at the highest levels of racing in Victoria? In The Age it's now being reported that Racing Victoria had to be 'bailed out' by country racing with $4 million in September. Cou...

Chris Symons will make a timely return from suspension to ride lightly-raced three-year-old Red Rain in the Sandown Guineas after James Winks jumped off the colt to ride Amah Rock.Winks has ridden ...

Leading trainer John Size has formed a powerful combination with Brett Prebble this season and he has turned to the Australian to put the record straight in the Lusitano Challenge Cup (1,400m) at ...

Happy New Year!Not too many features for you, Just a handful I believe we might keep thinking about for 2010.1. The whip.Well, my information is that most horses won't race at their ultimate speed ...

He's lean and mean but most importantly he's happy.Four-year-old Giresun has proven a handful for trainer Peter Snowden and has even been known to wear a muzzle to stop him savaging people around t...

A maiden win at Randwick on Wednesday is the first step towards an ambitious autumn campaign for Sea Lord with the AJC Australian Derby in trainer David Payne's plans.The colt lugged 59 kilograms t...