Demolish 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, ...

Scone trainer Paul Messara says he'll give Ortensia another run in the UK after her overnight 4th in the July Cup at Newmarket UK. Ortensia raced handy to the 200m but then started to 'paddle' on t...

A star is born...That's my conclusion after watching All Too Hard demolish his rivals in the Talindert 1100m at Flemington. Few youngsters can make such a dynamic impression on debut. And no wonder...

David Hayes headed to Moonee Valley thinking Gregers was his leading hope for this year’s Schweppes Thousand Guineas, but he left knowing it. The untapped filly announced herself a potential star...

Inconsistency in RacingáI have to agree with the people who contacted me after the final race at Randwick on July 25.How the hell could that horse win? was the general theme of the angry emails. Sp...

The Australian Turf Club (ATC) is set to lose "hundreds of thousands of dollars" over the temporary closure of Randwick's main grandstand due to safety issues.ATC executive Darren Pearce said the t...

David Hayes headed to Moonee Valley thinking Gregers was his leading hope for this year’s Schweppes Thousand Guineas, but he left knowing it. The untapped filly announced herself a potential star...