Madame Magic 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, ...

Lords Ransom is the early fav at $3.60 for the Perth Cup 2400m at Ascot on New Year's Day. TAB Sportsbet has Gondorff and Right Fong at $7.00 on the second line. The final field is:PERTH CUP (with ...

Greg Eurell has left the door ajar for Apache Cat to contest next month's Hong Kong Sprint should he rebound from a shock defeat and regain winning form in the Winterbottom Stakes in Perth.Eurell w...

Each Thursday afternoon I print out the form for the races of interest for the forthcoming Saturday with quite some excitement. I am like the proverbial kid in the lolly shop as sitting down with a...

Dual Derby placegetter Littorio could miss the chance to mount his most serious challenge yet to Weekend Hussler in Saturday's Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.Ranked 21st in order of entry, L...

In the second article in this special series, The Optimist and PPM editor Brian Blackwell discuss betting ideas. This month they talk about betting on major races. The Optimist (TO): Brian, I kno...

Signs. Vital signs. Stay alive or die on the punt. We’re looking at some of the most vital signs this month and next. In any business, certain fundamentals cannot be ignored. We’ve all seen signs ...