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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, ...

DESPITE one of Australia's most powerful racehorse owners, Nathan Tinkler, splitting with his head trainer, the Melbourne operation of Mick Price will not be the benefactor of the break-up, reports...

Seville's time near the head of Caulfield Cup markets didn't last long - he's been ruled OUT of the Spring Racing Carnival. The highly-regarded import is suffering from a virus and will be spelled....

It was like old home week at the Werribee International Horse Centre on Sat when reigning Melbourne Cup hero Americain arrived back in Australia to defend his crown. Showing no effects of his 38 ho...

Peter Snowden and his son Paul will train at Royal Randwick when they leave Darley in May, reports Racing Network.

Stewards ignored compelling evidence from Michelle Payne in hammering Chad Schofield for improper riding at Mornington on Wednesday. Michelle defended Chad's riding, which the stewards said had a...

It took just 200 metres of a Warwick Farm barrier trial for star jockey Hugh Bowman to reaffirm his Doncaster Mile confidence in three-time Group One winner Shoot Out.Shoot Out was unplaced in an 8...