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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, ...

There are many misconceptions about the 'average' professional punter. He is not always what people expect him to be. You'll hear talk of well-dressed men about town, driving Rolls-Royces and smo...

There are many misconceptions about the 'average' professional punter. He is not always what people expect him to be. You'll hear talk of well-dressed men about town, driving Rolls-Royces and smo...

There are many misconceptions about the 'average' professional punter. He is not always what people expect him to be. You'll hear talk of well-dressed men about town, driving Rolls-Royces and smo...

Michael Chang Chun-wai-trained  Boy Oh Boy  stands out in terms of ability in the DSFH 25th Listing Anniversary Cup (1,600m) today at Sha Tin if he brings his A-game with a hood. Boy Oh Boy (Dougl...

Olivier Doleuze has limbered up and is ready for some proper action as the build-up towards the feature races begins, and an upset win in today's Jockey Challenge at Sha Tin should be a perfect sc...

In this article, we present a bold new approach to harness racing betting, based on half-mile speed ratings, written by Melbourne expert Mark Solonsch, who has studied gambling behaviour at univ...