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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, ...

Promising stayer Cuban Sunday has earned the crack at the Group Two Alister Clark Stakes after an impressive win at Sandown.The son of Victoria Derby winner Benicio made it three wins from eight st...

The winning margin wasn't convincing but Group One targets were confirmed for Hoylonny after the richly bred colt started his second campaign in a positive manner at Warwick Farm on Monday.Trainer ...

Feature spring carnival sprint races beckon star Toowoomba sprinter Temple of Boom following his emphatic win in Sat's $151,000 Group Three Aurie's Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington. The win was ...

Queensland sprinter Temple Of Boom gave trainer Tony Gollan his first Group One victory when he zoomed home to win the Galaxy at Randwick on Saturday.His triumph also capped a red letter day for 20...

Queensland sprinter Temple Of Boom gave trainer Tony Gollan his first Group One victory when he zoomed home to win the Galaxy at Randwick on Saturday.His triumph also capped a red letter day for 20...

Peter Moody says it is worth having a shot at the stumps with honest mare Mid Summer Music in Saturday's Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield.The Oamaru Force mare has been very honest throu...