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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, ...

John Singleton has paid $3.85 million for champion filly Samantha Miss at the William Inglis Easter Broodmare sale in Sydney, the second highest price for a thoroughbred at public auction in the so...

Douro Valley could be Australia's sole representative at the rich international meeting in Hong Kong.Although disappointed the gelding was beaten by Zipping in Saturday's Sandown Classic, trainer D...

A scintillating win by Maldivian in the Cox Plate reinforced Mark Kavanagh's status as one of the country's leading trainers after he coaxed the horse up off the canvas to put a troubled spring cam...

Mighty midget Marveen staked a serious claim for the Group One Queensland Oaks later this month with a gutsy win in the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet.Marveen, ridden by Blake Shinn, had to overcome a ...

Tasmanian stayer Norsqui surprised even his trainer Walter McShane when he ran home strongly to claim an easy victory in the $300,000 Mornington Cup.Norsqui won the 2800m race at Flemington on Melb...

The Peter Moody-trained Hinchinbrook has confirmed a trip to Royal Ascot with a brilliant barrier trial win at Cranbourne.The Fastnet Rock colt, ridden by Luke Nolen, ran in the opening trial on Mo...