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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, ...

There's been some early backing for Star of Octagonal to win Friday's Scone Cup. He's now at $4.60 second favorite.SCONE CUP LIGHTINTHENITE 3.20 STAR OF OCTAGONAL 4.60 DIVORCES 6.50 IZABABE 10.00 S...

Racing Victoria reports: French star  Trevieres has suffered a fracture to near fore cannon. Out of the Spring Carnival

The Star Witness bubble burst in the July Cup at Newmarket UK overnight. The Aussie sprinter never fired and finished 10th behind Dream Ahead. Jockey Steven Arnold had him just off the pace to the...

Over-rated Star Witness won't be a starter in the Australian Guineas. Instead, he'll clash with unbeaten sprint star Black Caviar in the $1 million Newmarket Handicap 1200m at Flemington. Trainer D...

Rachel Alexandra lived up to her star billing Saturday, becoming the first filly in 85 years to win the 1 3/16-mile Preakness Stakes. With jockey Calvin Borel in the irons, Rachel Alexandra became ...

Interesting to see Melbourne trainer Colin Little with a runner at Thursday's Wyong meeting. It's more out of desperation than anything else. His 3YO Kapu Star has refused to go straight the Melbou...