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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, ...

Black Caviar’s first foal Oscietra is at $51 in TAB’s opening market for the world’s richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds, March’s Golden Slipper. “Oscietra was added to the market this mo...

Betting probe...Danny Nikolic's under stewards' gaze in what The Australian is calling a 'betting probe' into a famous Australian racing family. The Oz says: 'It is believed Betfair integrity offic...

There's a lot of nonsense flying around after that controversial court win for Racing NSW. Much of it is coming from the victors. Some is coming from Victoria where the usually sensible trainer Pet...

Danny Nikolic was fined $300 for misconduct in the aftermath of his ride on Trustus in the Winter Championship Final but stewards found no fault with his ride.Nikolic said he was an "easy target" a...

Danny Nikolic was fined $300 for misconduct in the aftermath of his ride on Trustus in the Winter Championship Final but stewards found no fault with his ride.Nikolic said he was an "easy target" a...

Danny Nikolic was fined $300 for misconduct in the aftermath of his ride on Trustus in the Winter Championship Final but stewards found no fault with his ride.Nikolic said he was an "easy target" a...