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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, ...

The American owner of likely spring raider Brigantin is upbeat about the stayer's prospects of a major Cup win. Former journalist Barry Irwin says Brigantin has superior form to star stayers Dunade...

There are few similarities between Predatory Pricer and his half brother Takeover Target except, hopefully, ability.Trainer Paul Murray has Predatory Pricer in his care and believes he has the maki...

Paul Messara may be overseas putting the final touches on Alverta's bid to win at Group One level in France but he'll still have plenty of interest at home with this week's opening of his new satel...

Paul Messara may be overseas putting the final touches on Alverta's bid to win at Group One level in France but he'll still have plenty of interest at home with this week's opening of his new satel...

Paul Messara may be overseas putting the final touches on Alverta's bid to win at Group One level in France but he'll still have plenty of interest at home with this week's opening of his new satel...

Paul Messara may be overseas putting the final touches on Alverta's bid to win at Group One level in France but he'll still have plenty of interest at home with this week's opening of his new satel...