Ramones 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, ...

Last year's Melbourne Cup winner Dunaden has been posted second fav for this year's race in November, according to the latest Betstar market. It lists the early fav as Lucas Cranach. The market:ME...

Lucas Cranach's part-owner Luke Murrell says the stayer's once troublesome hoof is now a "non-issue and hasn't caused one single minute of pain or lameness." And he's told Betfair that he regards L...

Yet another imported galloper is attracting attention for this year's Melbourne Cup...Red Cadeaux was trimmed in from $41 - $31 on the back of separate wagers of $1600 x $1100 @ $41/$11 and then $2...

Bauer's becoming an Aussie...Whether he makes the Melbourne Cup field or not, 2008 runner-up Bauer is not going back to the UK. He'll remain in Australia where he'll probably have another racing ca...

Anthony Freedman has really emerged as a training force... His imported stayers, Lucas Cranach and Mawingo, share favoritism for the 2012 Melbourne Cup onTAB Sportsbet's first market, released on T...

With 47 left to contend for the final spots in the Melbourne Cup, last year's winner Americain is a firm fav at $4.20 (13/4) ahead of another French raider, the Geelong Cup winner Dunaden $7.00. T...