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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, ...

GROUP 1 stars Joseph Pride and Tye Angland will combine at Gosford on Wednesday in a bid to snare another feature-race victory as the racing season draws to a close, reports the Sydney Morning Hera...

Globetrotting trainer David Hayes will look to bring down the curtain on the Lindsay Park era with success on the other side of the world with Nicconi in the July Cup at Newmarket tonight (Saturday...

Saturday week's Cox Plate (2040m) has been robbed of an international link with UK stayer Afsare succumbing to injury on Wednesday. The Luca Cumani import has been battling injury over the last wee...

Speculation Wyong would lose its Magic Millions races has been debunked with a five-year extension between the club and the thoroughbred sales company.The successful meeting at the Central Coast on...

Brett Prebble has been the dominant jockey at Happy Valley over recent seasons and the Australian can make it official by taking the Cathay Pacific International Jockeys' Championship tonight. Preb...

Brenton Avdulla says winning a Sydney apprentices' title isn't a priority goal but it's a good enough reason to remain indentured to trainer Anthony Cummings.Avdulla, hoping to continue a golden ru...