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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, ...

From NEIL FRANKLYNSIERRA NEVADA3g : Trainer - Chris & Richard Otto4 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 2000m - 2100mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : DeadThis bloke will meet and defeat far be...

Jim Byrne might be the rider of one of the early Golden Slipper favourites but he will have his eye on two rich staying purses when makes a surprise appearance at Ellerslie this week.Brisbane-based...

Early price movers for Saturday from www.tab.com.auROSEHILL 1 Gangster's Choice $3.60 - $3.40 ($500 & $400 @ $3.60), Tohunga $4.80 - $3.60 ($200 @ $4.80, $1000 @ $4.40, $700 & $350 @ $4), Condahuss...

Moonee Valley draws on...The $70,000 Chandler McLeod Handicap (1500m) at MValley on Sat has significant spring ramifications with the return to racing of Mark Kavanagh's impressive import December...

Americain has been given topweight of 58kg in his bid to become just the fifth horse to win back-to-back Emirates Melbourne Cups.The all-important weights for 'the race that stops a nation', to be ...