Bring Us Glory 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, ...

A stunning eight-length debut win at Te Rapa yesterday by a Darci Brahma colt called Cauthen has racing tongues wagging in New Zealand.  

Corey Brown's Melbourne Cup win has earned him an invitation to ride in Dubai in March.An international jockeys' challenge will be held on March 5 featuring the winning riders from 11 of the world'...

Will he tackle Aussie staying races? The Grp 2 Auckland Cup at Ellerslie on New Year's Day went to Australian bred stayer Showcause. A 5YO gelding by Giant's Causeway from former star stayer Showel...

If you are going to have a pre-post bet on the Melbourne Cup, the time to have it is debatable. You can be a lucky Brian Blackwell and pick something at astronomical odds, and who is to say that B...