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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, ...

Spearheaded by Princess Coup, the "big four" of New Zealand racing will mount a blitz on the Melbourne spring carnival after their strong showings in the Kelt Capital Stakes.Princess Coup was a dom...

Cox Plate favourite Princess Coup will leave New Zealand on Wednesday bound for Melbourne after pleasing trainer Mark Walker with a solid gallop at Tauranga racecourse.Princess Coup, who is at $3.5...

In-form jockey Corey Brown has all but committed himself to riding top New Zealand galloper Red Ruler in the Caulfield Cup.Brown was impressed with the John Sargent-trained four-year-old who finish...

Jockey Opie Bosson has delivered an ominous warning to Princess Coup's rivals in the Kelt Capital Stakes saying the mare can only improve on her Stoney Bridge Stakes win.The $NZ2 million ($A1.68 mi...

TAB Sportsbet market movers for Saturday, March 3ROSEHILL 2 Don't Put It There $15 - $13 ($1000 e/w @ $15), Planet Purple $21 - $17 ($370 @ $21)3 Nobby Snip $3.40 - $2.50 ($2000 @ $3.40, $2000 @ $2...

New Zealand trainer John Sargent has no regrets about bringing Red Ruler to Melbourne earlier than last year and says he is ready to make his mark in Saturday's Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.The fi...