Promised Land 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, ...

Peintre Celebre gelding Cape Breton, who was once regarded as a Melbourne Cup prospect, is on the rise again.But it is not the famous race at Flemington that trainer Danny Williams has in his sight...

Peintre Celebre gelding Cape Breton, who was once regarded as a Melbourne Cup prospect, is on the rise again.But it is not the famous race at Flemington that trainer Danny Williams has in his sight...

Three-year-old Wanted finally delivered the Group One victory he had promised for so long when he led virtually all the way to win the $1 million Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.The 1200m feature ...

Three-year-old Wanted finally delivered the Group One victory he had promised for so long when he led virtually all the way to win the $1 million Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.The 1200m feature ...

The mining industry does not support a moratorium on coal mining in the Hunter Valley but says it will continue to work with all industries including thoroughbred breeders.A 10-point plan released ...

Apache Cat's Hong Kong plans were in tatters after the Bart Cummings-trained Swick popped his Group One bubble in Saturday's Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington.Australia's reigning champion sprint...