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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, ...

Another great winning headlined best bet for PPD Club members on Thursday. Club chief Brian Blackwell handed out the winning tip for WILD JOURNEY 1 st $6.60/$2.60 at Hawkesbury. Here...

A tongue tie helped enigmatic galloper Sound Journey find his best form as he gave trainer Mark Kavanagh and jockey Michael Rodd their second win in the past three runnings of the Crystal Mile at M...

A tongue tie helped enigmatic galloper Sound Journey find his best form as he gave trainer Mark Kavanagh and jockey Michael Rodd their second win in the past three runnings of the Crystal Mile at M...

Pensioner Plan AFlemington 12-3-1-2-8-15-8-4Rosehill 1-1-5-4-4-5-4-4-8Belmont 4-2-4-3-1-13-2-7Sun Coast 6-4-1-17-3-7-10-8-2-14-11-11Morphettville 6-2-1-1-5-4-6-1Pensioner Plan CFlemington Race 3 - ...

Pensioner Plan AFlemington 12-3-1-2-8-15-8-4Rosehill 1-1-5-4-4-5-4-4-8Belmont 4-2-4-3-1-13-2-7Sun Coast 6-4-1-17-3-7-10-8-2-14-11-11Morphettville 6-2-1-1-5-4-6-1Pensioner Plan CFlemington Race 3 - ...

WHAT A STRIKE!  $2598 FOR A $6 bet!   How do you hit a $2598 trifecta with a 3-horse bet costing only $6? You need a winner at 10/1 and placegetters at 20/1 and 8/1 - and that's what the...