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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, ...

Viking Legend showed his versatility and underlined his credentials for next week's Group One Spring Champion Stakes with a thrilling victory in the Listed Dulcify Quality at a very windy Randwick....

Viking Legend will continue his march towards some of the better spring carnival races when he takes the next step back from injury in Saturday's Listed Winter Stakes at Rosehill.The then-Gai Water...

Gai Waterhouse has confirmed that Epsom winner Rock Kingdom will back up in Saturday's Group One Toorak Handicap at Caulfield despite his awkward draw.The premier trainer said Rock Kingdom was sent...

The word legend is a loosely used term in sport but on the turf this year there was one horse, Sea The Stars, who undoubtedly achieved that status.The Hong Kong-owned Irish-trained colt lit up the ...

The word legend is a loosely used term in sport but on the turf this year there was one horse, Sea The Stars, who undoubtedly achieved that status.The Hong Kong-owned Irish-trained colt lit up the ...

If ever racing men sit down to talk about famous punters, there is one name that will always be mentioned - Eric Connolly. He was a racehorse trainer in the good old days' but mainly he won a l...