Power Sister Horse

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, ...

From NEIL FRANKLYNTHE JUNGLE BOY4g : S Clotworthy : Byerley5 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1400m - 2000mTrack conditions won on : Slow : HeavyThis bloke may have only beaten a weak R70 line-u...

Gold Coast jockey Paul Hammersley has had a field day at Grafton, steering home three winners including Warrior Within to claim the Grafton Cup and Sister Havana in the feature sprint, the Sir Jame...

Sydney cast-off Bugsytwoshoes has taken the first step towards a long range Grafton Cup mission and broken a city drought for Gold Coast trainer David Kelly.A successful rider for many years in NSW...

A star is born? Perhaps. Bubbly apprentice Alannah Fancourt certainly made an impression booting home Carry Me Bluey in Sunday's Sth Grafton Cup 1600m at Grafton. It was her 22nd winner in only 16 ...

Wet weather in Northern NSW and Queensland has claimed Friday's Grafton and Gold Coast meetings. Some 100mm of rain was recorded at the Grafton track in the past 24 hours. Stewards ruled the track ...

Gold Coast trainer Alan Bailey is weighing up whether to again tackle the Grafton Cup with Frozone after the gelding's strong win at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Frozone finished second in the Ipswich Cu...