Bravissimo 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, ...

Smart sprinter First Command broke through for his first win in just over a year when he gave Steven Arnold back-to-back wins in the Kensington Stakes at Flemington.Arnold, who won the Listed 1000m...

Look out Kiwis, here comes First Command...Yes, NZ is next on the list for Saturday's impressive Caulfield winner. He will leave next week for New Zealand to run in the Grp 1 Telegraph Stakes 1200m...

A soaring rating this campaign has earned consistent sprinter Waltzes a crack at his first feature race at Flemington.Warrnambool trainer Jarrod McLean said the five-year-old deserved his chance at...

Mark Kavanagh has thrown honest sprinter Weekend Special into the deep end in Saturday's Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington but suspects he will be up to the task.The Snitzel four-year-old hasn...

Jockey Daniel Moor has been paid a compliment by the connections of Obsidian Dragon who have engaged him for the brilliant mare in the Kensington Stakes at Flemington.Trainer David Balfour was look...

Doubts over the strength of the form from an eye-catching placing have forced a change in plans for Victoria Derby aspirant Eagle Command.Eagle Command is a confirmed runner in Wednesday's $100,000...