Strong Lady 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, ...

Kiwi raider Scarlett Lady has taken over as Qld Oaks favorite after her strong win at Doomben. Betstar has the filly at $3.40 (5/2) ahead of Fibrillation $5.00 (4/1), who surged into contention wit...

LADY Lakshmi, winner of today’s Ken Cox Handicap at Flemington, could find herself back at the track on Crown Oaks day.

It ain't over till the fat lady sings...Corporate bookmaker Sportsbet and betting exchange Betfair have applied to seek special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia in relation to last mo...

Trainer Graeme Rogerson still holds sway in the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm with Shootoff despite the surprise decision not to run stablemate Scarlett Lady.Rogerson left the final decision to ow...

Big race wins are nothing new to Max Whitby but he will get extra satisfaction if Scarlett Lady lives up to her billing in the Queensland Oaks.A director of the Australian Turf Club and a long-time...

Danny Nikolic has failed in his bid to win a 'stay' of his 2 year riding ban. The Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal handed down its decision on Tuesday afternoon. It means Nikolic's career ...